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" 1 am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should 
not abide in darkness." 



JESUS of NAZARETH 
PASSETH BY 

THE LIFE OF THE MESSIAH, COMPILED FROM 

THE AUTHORIZED VERSION OF 

THE FOUR GOSPELS. 



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Compiler's Preface. 

NOT a few Christians— -fervent believers in the vital 
significance of the sayings, doings and sufferings 
of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the earth — have a 
habit of mind and heart, as it were, of beholding, in sanc- 
tified imagination, the star that betokens their Lord's com- 
ing — of rejoicing with the shepherds — paying homage and 
presenting gifts with the wise men — accompanying Joseph, 
Mary and the " Child " into Egypt — returning with them 
to Nazareth — of listening to His wisdom in the temple — 
awaiting His return from the wilderness, and on to the 
end of His ministry accompanying Him, witnessing His 
miracles of infinite import, wrought through compassion 
and love — even to Gethsemane, and to the cross : 

Thereafter, waiting at the tomb before the dawn with 
Mary called Magdalene — receiving His parting blessing 
with the first disciples, and with them seeing Him ascend 
to Heaven ; where as the Son of man still, the}' behold Him, 
as did Stephen, at the right hand of God — the Redeemer 
of the human race from the curse of the Law, and the ' 'One 
altogether lovely" who has secured eternal life for every 
mortal who wills to accept the unspeakable gift from His 
ever extended hand. 

Dates, conjectural or positive, such believers think not 
of. To them a chronological record, though correct beyond 
dispute would seem of but little or no importance (in the 
circumstances of the case, and as is well understood, no 



PREFACE. 

such record is obtainable or can be determined) . To these 
fervent souls it is enough that their Lord and Saviour, 
"in the fullness of time" became incarnate, accomplished 
His mission and returned from whence He came ; where 
He ever liveth to intercede for all who believe and trust in 
Him, and who continuing, as yet, in this world of sin and 
sorrow, struggle and endure, until, touched by the finger 
of death, they find themselves in His glorious presence, 
with loved ones gone before, and with the redeemed and 
sanctified of all departed generations. 

While to such believers an illustrated life of the Messiah 
is evidently no necessity, still to no Christians, as may 
well be thought, should such a work afford more pleasure- 
pleasure akin to that enjoyed by one who from personal 
associations has, and is taking his favorite and customary 
w r alk. 

To that large wavering number who candidly confess 
that they do not really know whether they believe, or do 
not believe in Jesus of Nazareth as God manifest in the 
flesh, and the Saviour of the world — sometimes almost 
certain they do, and anon shake their heads as if again in 
doubt — inasmuch as it is with "the heart man believeth 
unto righteousness''— this work pictured as it is with in- 
cidents illustrating such meekness and patient suffering as 
were never exhibited by another in the history of man- 
kind; and such love, so earnest that neither obloquy nor 
abandonment, nor the direst cruelty could cool much less 
extinguish — to the candid ones whom he now has in mind 
the compiler hopes and believes that his work will be 



PREFACE. 

both attractive and blessedly influential. 

To agnostics who neither affirm nor deny the existence 
of a personal God, and who to the Christian, full of faith 
in the Lord Christ, seem almost to insist upon ignorance ; 
and to their opposites, so to designate them, who profess 
to have found out God by thinking, or by special illumina- 
tion as distinguished from the revelation recounted by the 
evangelists — to both of these classes this little work is 
recommended as a memento — containing as it does, in 
small compass, the details of that blessed ' 'delusion' ' (if it be 
a delusion) that has given peace, hope and joy to many 
millions of human beings in the hour of dissolution of soul 
and body, and has been believed in and gratefully 
accepted as eternal truth, by a multitude of men disting- 
uished for intellectual power, and for purity of heart and 
life, the world over. 

The illustrations are reproductions of p i c t u r e s by 
Murillo, Ribera, Louis Boullogne the elder, Rubens, 
Benjamin West P. R. A. Artknd, W. Hamilton, R. A., 
Bird R. A., C. Landelle, Carrache Richard Cosway — R. 
A. Coypal, Guido, Bida, and other artists more or less 
distinguished for their representations of the person of the 
Saviour of mankind — the scenes in the midst of which He 
spent His life on earth, and the men, women and children 
with whom He mingled before His death on the cross, and 
after He arose triumphant from the grave. 

U. F. R 



INTRODUCTION 

BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD WHICH TAKETH 

AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD. 

JOHN THE BAPTIST. 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 

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CHAPTER I. 

THE DIVINITY, HUMANITY 
AND OFFICE OF JESUS 
CHRIST. 

IX the beginning was the 
Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the 
Word was God. 

The same was in the be- 
ginning with God. 

All things were made by 
Him ; and without Him 
was not any thing made 
that was made. . 

In Him was life ; and 
the life was the light of 
men. 

And the light shineth in 



darkness ; and the darkness 
comprehended it not. 

*~ There was a man sent 
from God, whose name was 
John. 

The same came for a wit- 
ness, to bear witness of the 
Light, that all men through 
Him might believe. 

He was not that Light, 
but was sent to bear witness 
of that Light. 

That was the true Light, 
which lighteth every man 
that cometh into the world. 

He was in the world, and 
the world was made by 
Him, and the world knew 
Him not. 

He came unto His own, 



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and His own received Him 
not. 

But as many as received 
Him, to them gave He 
power to become the sons 
of God, even to them that 
believe on His name : 

Which were born, not of 
blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh, nor of the will of 
man, but of God. 

And the Word was made 
flesh, and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld His glory 
the glory as of the only be- 
gotten of the Father,) full 
of grace and truth. 

TlJohn bare witness of 
Him, and cried, saying, 
This was He of whom I 
spake, He that cometh 
after me is preferred be- 
fore me. 

And of His fullness have 
all we received, and grace 
for grace. 

For the law was given by 
Moses, but grace and truth 
came by Jesus Christ. 



NAZARETH 

No man hath seen God 
at any time ; the only be- 
gotten Son, which is in the 
bosom of the Father, He 
hath declared Him. 

THK ANNUNCIATION AND 
CONCEPTION OF JOHN 
THE BAPTIST. 

^[ There was in the days 
of Herod, the king of 
Judea, a certain priest 
named Zacharias, of the 
course of Abia ; and his 
wife was of the daughters 
of Aaron, and her name 
was Elisabeth. 

And they were both 
righteous before God, walk- 
ing in all the command- 
ments and ordinances of 
the Lord blameless. 

And they had no child, 
because that Elisabeth was 
barren ; and they both were 
now well stricken in years. 

And it came to pass, 
that, while he executed 
the priest's office before 




The hill country of Judea. 



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God in the order of his 
course. 

According to the custom 
of the priest's office, his lot 
was to burn incense when 
he went into the temple of 
the Lord. 

And the whole multitude 
of the people were praying 
without at the time of in- 
cense. 

And there appeared unto 
him an angel of the Lord 
standing on the right side 
of the altar of incense. 

And when Zacharias saw 
him he was troubled and 
fear fell upon him. 

But the angel said unto 
him, Fear not, Zacharias : 
for thy prayer is heard ; 
and thy wife Elisabeth 
shall bear thee a son, and 
thou shalt call his name 
John. 

And thou shalt have joy 
and gladness ; and many 
shall rejoice at his birth. 

For he shall be great in 



the sight of the Lord, and 
shall drink neither wine 
nor strong drink ; and he 
shall be filled with the Holy 
Ghost, even from his 
mother's womb. 

And many of the chil- 
dren of Israel shall he turn 
to the Lord their God. 

And he shall go before 
Him in the spirit and 
power of Elias, to turn the 
hearts of the fathers to the 
children, and the disobe- 
dient to the wisdom of the 
just ; to make ready a peo- 
ple prepared for the Lord. 

And Zacharias said unto 
the angel, Whereby shall I 
know this ? for I am an old 
man, and my wife well 
stricken in years. 

And the angel answering 
said unto him, I am Ga- 
briel, that stand in the 
presence of God ; and am 
sent to speak unto thee, 
and to shew thee these 
glad tidings. 



6 JESUS OF 

And, behold, thou shalt 
be dumb, and not able to 
speak, until the day that 
these things shall be per- 
formed, because thou be- 
lievest not my words, which 
shall be fulfilled in their 
season. 

And the people waited 
for Zacharias, and mar- 
velled that he tarried so 
long in the temple. 

And when he came out, 
he could not speak unto 
them : and they perceived 
that he had seen a vision in 
the temple ; for he beck- 
oned unto them and re- 
mained speechless. 

And it came to pass, that, 
as soon as the days of his 
ministration were accom- 
plished, he departed to his 
own house. 

And after those days his 
wife Elisabeth conceived, 
and hid herself five months, 
saying, 

Thus hath the Lord dealt 



NAZARETH 

with me in the days wherein 
he looked on me to take 
away my reproach among 
men. 

THK ANNUNCIATION TO 
MARY. 

And in the sixth month 
the angel Gabriel was sent 
from God unto a city 
of Galilee, named Naza- 
reth. 

To a virgin espoused to a 
man whose name was Jo- 
seph, of the house of David ; 
and the virgin's name was 
Mary. 

And the angel came in 
unto her, and said, Hail, 
thou that art highly favored, 
the Lord is with thee : 
blessed art thou among 
women. 

And when she saw him 
she was troubled at his say- 
ing, and cast in her mind 
what manner of salutation 
this should be. 

And the angel said unto 




And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary ; 
with God. 



for thou hast found favor 



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her, Fear not, Mary ; for 
thou hast found favor with 
God. 

And, behold, thou shalt 
conceive in thy womb, 
and bring forth a son, 
and shalt call his name 
JESUS. 

He shall be great, and 
shall be called the Son of 
the Highest ; and the Lord 
God shall give unto Him 
the throne of His father 
David. 

And He shall reign over 
the house of Jacob for ever ; 
and of His kingdom there 
shall be no end. 

Then said Mary unto the 
angel, How shall this 
be, seeing I know not a 
man? 

And the angel answered 
and said unto her, The 
Holy Ghost shall come 
upon thee, and the power 
of the Highest shall over- 
shadow thee ; therefore also 
that holy thing which shall 



be born of thee shall be 
called the Son of God. 

And, behold, thy cousin 
Elisabeth, she hath also 
conceived a son in her old 
age ; and this is the sixth 
month with her, who was 
called barren. 

For with God nothing 
shall be impossible. 

And Mary said, Behold 
the handmaid of the Lord ; 
be it unto me according to 
thy word. And the angel 
departed from her. 

And Mary arose in those 
days, and went into the hill 
country with haste, into a 
city of Judea. 

And entered into the 
house of Zacharias, and 
saluted Elisabeth. 

And it came to pass, that, 
when Elisabeth heard the 
salutation of Mary, the 
babe leaped in her womb ; 
and Elisabeth was filled 
with the Holy Ghost. 

And she spake out with 






T o JESUS OF NAZARETH 

a loud voice, and said, 



Blessed a? thou among 
women, and blessed is the 
fruit of thy womb. 

And whence is this to 
me, that the mother of my 
Lord should come to me ? 

For, lo, as soon as the 
voice of thy salutation 
sounded in mine ears, the 
babe leaped in my womb 
for joy. 

And blessed is she that 
believed : for there shall be 
a performance of those 
things which were told her 
from the Lord. 

And Mary said, My soul 
doth magnify the Lord. 

And my spirit hath re- 
joiced in God my Savior. 

For He hath regarded 
the low estate of His 
handmaiden : for behold, 
from henceforth all gen- 
erations shall call me 
blessed. 

For He that is mighty 
hath done to me great 



things ; and holy is His 
name. 

And His mercy is on 
them that fear Him from 
generation to generation. 

He hath shewed strength 
with His arm ; He hath 
scattered the proud in the 
imagination of their hearts. 

He hath put down the 
mighty from their seats, and 
exalted them of low degree. 

He hath filled the hun- 
gry w 7 ith good things ; and 
the rich He hath sent empty 
away. 

He has holpen His ser- 
vant Israel, in remembrance 
of His mercy. 

As He spake to our 
fathers, to Abraham, and 
to his seed for ever. 

And Mary abode with 
her about three months, 
and returned to her own 
house. 

^ Now Elizabeth's full 
time came that she should be 



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delivered ; and she brought 
forth a son. 

And her neighbors and 
her cousins heard how the 
Lord had shewed great 
mercy upon her ; and they 
rejoiced with her. 

And it came to pass, that 
on the eighth da}' they 
came to circumcise the 
child ; and they called him 
Zacharias, after the name 
of his father. 

And his mother answered 
and said, Not so ; but he 
shall be called John. 

And they said unto her : 
There is none of thy kin- 
dred that is called by this 
name. 

And they made signs to 
his father, how he would 
have him called. 

And he asked for a writ- 
ing table, and wrote, say- 
ing, His name is John. 
And they marvelled all. 

And his mouth was 
opened immediately, and 



his tongue loosed, and he 
spake and praised God. 
And fear came on all that 
dwelt round about them : 
and all these sayings were 
noised abroad throughout 
all the *hill country of 
Judea. 

And all the}' that heard 
them laid them up in their 
hearts, saying, What man- 
ner of child shall this be ! 
And the hand of the Lord 
was with him. 

And his father Zacharias 
was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesied, say- 

Blessed be the Lord God 
of Israel ; for He hath vis- 
ited and redeemed His 
people, 

And hath raised up a horn 
of salvation for us in the 
house of His sen-ant David ; 

As He spake by the 
mouth of His holy prophets, 
which have been since the 
world began. 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



That we should be saved 
from our enemies, and from 
the hand of all that hate us ; 

To perform the mercy 
promised to our fathers, and 
to remember His holy cove- 
nant. 

The oath which He sware 
to our father Abraham, 

That He would grant 
unto us, that we, being de- 
livered out of the hands of 
our enemies, might serve 
Him without fear. 

In holiness and righteous- 
ness before Him, all the 
days of our life. 

And thou, child, shalt be 
called the prophet of the 
Highest : for thou shalt go 
before the face of the Lord 
to prepare His way ; 

To give knowledge of sal- 
vation unto His people by 
the remission of their sins, 

Through the tender 
mercy of our God ; whereby 
the day spring from on high 
hath visited us. 



To give light to them that 
sit in darkness and in the 
shadow of death, to guide 
our feet into the way of 
peace. 

And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, and 
was in the deserts till the 
day of his shewing unto 
Israel. 

CHAPTER II. 

THK INCARNATION OF 
CHRIST. 

NOW the birth of Jesus 
Christ was on this 
wise : When as His mother 
Mary was espoused to Jo- 
seph, before they came 
together, she was found 
with child of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Then Joseph her hus- 
band, being a/^j/man, and 
not willing to make her a 
public example, was minded 
to put her away privily. 

But while he thought on 
these things, behold, the 




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A Well at Nazareth. 



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mgel of the Lord appeared 
unto him in a dream, say- 
ing, Joseph, thou son of 
David, fear not to take 
unto thee Mary thy wife : 
for that which is conceived 
in her is of the Holy 
Ghost. 

And she shall bring forth 
a son, and thou shalt call 
His name JESUS : for He 
shall save His people from 
their sins. 

Now all this was done, 
that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken of the 
Lord by the prophet, say- 
ing, 

1 ' Behold, a virgin shall 
be with child, and bring 
forth a son, and they shall 
call His name Emanuel, 
which, being interpreted is, 
God with us. 

Then Joseph being raised 
from sleep did as the angel 
of the Eord had bidden 
him, and took unto himself 
his wife. 



And knew her not till 
she had brought forth her 
firstborn son : and he called 
His name JESUS. 

And it came to pass in 
those days, that there went 
out a decree from Caesar 
Augustus, that all the 
world should be taxed. 

{And this taxing was first 
made when Cyrenius was 
governor of Syria.) 

And all went to be taxed, 
every one into his own 
city. 

And Joseph also went up 
from Galilee, out of the city 
of Nazareth, into Judea, 
unto the city of David, 
which is called Bethlehem, 
(because he was of the house 
and lineage of David. ) 

To be taxed with Mary, 
his expoused wife, being 
great with child. 

And so it was, that, wdiile 
they were there, the days 
were accomplished that she 
should be delivered. 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



And she brought forth her 
first born son, and wrapped 
Him in swaddling clothes 
and laid Him in a manger ; 
because there was no room 
for them in the, inn. 

And there were in the 
same country shepherds 
abiding in the field, keeping 
watch over their flock by 
night. 

And, lo, the angel of the 
Lord came unto them, and 
the glory of the Lord shone 
round about them; and they 
were sore afraid. 

And the angel said unto 
them, Fear not; for, behold, 
I bring you tidings of great 
joy, which shall be to all 
people. 

Foi unto you is born this 
day in the city of David a 
Saviour, which is Christ the 
Lord. 

And this shall he a sign 
unto you; Ye shall find the 
babe wrapped in swaddling 
clothes, lying in a manger. 



And suddenly there was 
with the angel a multitude 
of the heavenly host prais- 
ing God, and saying, 

Glory to God in the high- 
est, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men. 

And it came to pass, as 
the angels were gone away 
from them into heaven, the 
shepherds said one to 
another, Let us now go even 
unto Bethlehem, and see 
this thing which is come to 
pass, which the Lord has 
made known unto us. 

And they came with haste 
and found Mary and Joseph, 
and the babe lying in a 
manger. 

And when they had seei? 
it y they made known abroad 
the saying which was told 
them, concerning this child. 

And all they that heard 
// wondered at those things 
which were told them by 
the shepherds. 

But Mary kept all these 




And they came with haste, 



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things, and pondered them 
in her heart. 

And the shepherds re- 
turned, gloryifying and 
praising God for all the 
things that the}^ had heard 
and seen, as it was told unto 
them. 

And when eight days 
were accomplished for the 
circumcising of the child, 
His name was called JESUS, 
which was so named of the 
angel before He was con- 
ceived in the womb. 

And when the days of her 
purification according to the 
law of Moses were accom- 
plished, they brought Him 
to Jerusalem, to present Him 
to the Lord. 

(As it is written in the law 
of the Lord, Every male 
that openeth the womb 
shall be called holy to the 
Lord;) 

And to offer a sacrifice 
according to that which is 
said in the law of the Lord, 



"A pair of turtledoves, or 
two young pigeons. ' ' 

SIMEOX. 

Axd, behold, there was a 
man in Jerusalem, whose 
name was Simeon ; and the 
same man was just and de- 
vout, waiting for the conso- 
lation of Israel ; and the 
Holy Ghost, was upon him. 

And it was revealed unto 
him by the Holy Ghost, 
that he should not see death, 
before he had seen the 
Lord's Christ. 

And he came by the Spirit 
into the temple ; and when 
the parents brought in the 
child Jesus, to do for Him 
after the custom of the law, 

Then took he Him up in 
his arms, and blessed God, 
and said, 

Lord, now lettest thy ser- 
vant depart in peace, accord- 
ing to thy word : 

For mine eyes have seen 
thy salvation, 



22 JESUS OF 

Which thou hast prepared 
before the face of all people ; 

A light to lighten the 
Gentiles, and the glory of 
f thy people Israel. 

And Joseph and His 
mother marveled at those 
things which were spoken 
of Him. 

And Simeon blessed them, 
and said unto Mary His 
Mother, Behold, this child 
is set for the fall and rising 
again of many in Israel ; 
and for a sign which shall 
be spoken against ; 

(Yea, a sword shall pierce 
through thy own soul also ;) 
that the thoughts of many 
hearts may be revealed. 

ANNA. 

And there was one Anna, 
a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of 
Aser ; she was of great age, 
and had lived with an hus- 
band seven years from her 
virginity ; 



NAZARETH 

And she was a widow of 
about fourscore and four 
years, which departed not 
from the temple, but served 
God with fastings and pray- 
ers night and day. 

And she coming in that 
instant gave thanks like- 
wise unto the Lord, and 
spake of Him to all them 
that looked for redemption 
in Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER III. 

THE STAR IN THE EAST 

NOW when Jesus was 
born in Bethlehem of 
Judea in the days of Herod 
the king, behold, there came 
wise men from the east to 
Jerusalem, 

Saying, Where is He 
that is born King of 
the Jews? for we have 
seen His star in the east, 
and are come to worship 
Him. 

When Herod the king 
had heard these things he 



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29 



was troubled, and all Jeru- 
salem with him. 

And when he had gath- 
ered all the chief priests 
and scribes of the people 
together, he demanded of 
them where Christ should 
be born. 

And they said unto him, 
In Bethlehem of Judea : 
for thus it is written by the 
prophet, 

"And thou Bethlehem, 
in the land of Juda, art not 
the least among the princes 
of Juda, for out of thee 
shall come a Governor that 
shall rule my people Israel. ' ' 

Then Herod, when he 
had privily called the wise 
men, inquired of them dili- 
gently what time the star 
appeared. 

And he sent them to Beth- 
lehem, and said, Go and 
search diligently for the 
young child : and when ye 
have found Him, bring me 
the word again, that I may 



come and worship Him 
also. 

When they had heard the 
king, they departed ; and 
lo, the star which they saw 
in the east, went before 
them, till it came and stood 
over where the young child 
was. 

When they saw the star 
they rejoiced with exceed- 
ing great joy. 

And when the}' had come 
into the house, the}' saw 
the young child with Mary 
His mother, and fell down 
and worshipped Him : and 
when they had opened their 
treasures, they presented 
unto Him gifts ; gold, and 
frankincense, and myrrh. 

And being warned of 
God in a dream that they 
should not return to Herod, 
they departed into their 
own country another way. 

And when they were de- 
parted, behold, the angel 
of the Lord appeared to 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



Joseph in a dream, saying, 
Arise, and take the young 
child and His mother and 
flee into Egypt, and be 
thou there until I bring 
thee word : for Herod will 
seek the young child to de- 
stroy Him. 

When he arose, he took 
the young child and his 
mother by night ; and de- 
parted into Egypt. 

And was there until the 
death of Herod : that it 
might be fulfilled which was 
spoken of the L,ord by the 
prophet, saying, "Out of 
Egypt have I called my 
son." 

Then Herod, when he 
saw that he was mocked 
of the wise men, was 
exceeding worth, and sent 
forth, and slew all the 
children that were in Beth- 
lehem, and in all the coasts 
thereof, from two years old 
and under, according to the 
time which he had diligently 



inquired of the wise 
men. 

Then was fulfilled that 
which was spoken by Jeremy 
the prophet, saying, 

In Rama was there a voice 
heard, lamentation, and 
weeping, and great mourn- 
ing, Rachel weeping/^r her 
children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are 
not. 

But when Herod was 
dead, behold, an angel of 
the Lord appeareth in a 
dream to Joseph in Egypt, 

Saying, Arise, and take 
the young child and His 
mother, and go into the 
land of Israel. 

But when he heard that 
Archelaus did reign in Judea 
in the room of his father 
Herod, he was afraid to go 
thither : notwithstanding, 
being warned of God in a 
dream, he turned aside into 
the parts of Galilee : 

And he came and dwelt 




The departure into Egypt. 



"In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great 
mourning." 




1 He shall be called a Nazarene,' 




And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject 
unto them: but His mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 



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in a city called Nazareth ; 
that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the 
prophets, "He shall be 
called a Nazarene." 

And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, filled 
with wisdom ; and the grace 
of God was upon Him. 

Now His parents went to 
Jerusalem every year at the 
feast of the passover. 

And when He was twelve 
3^ears old, they went up to 
Jerusalem after the custom 
of the feast. 

And when they had ful- 
filled the days, and as they 
returned, the child Jesus 
tarried behind in Jerusalem 
and Joseph and His mother 
knew not of it 

But they, supposing Him 
to have been in the com- 
pany, went a day's journey ; 
and they sought Him among 
their kinsfolk and acquaint- 
ance. 

And when they found 



Him not, they turned back 
again to Jerusalem, seeking 
Him. 

And it came to pass, that 
after three days they found 
Him in the temple, sitting in 
the midst of the doctors, 
both hearing them, and 
asking them questions. 

And all that heard Him 
were astonished at His 
understanding and answers. 

And when they saw Him, 
they were amazed ; and His 
mother said unto Him, Son, 
why hast thou thus dealt 
with us ? behold, thy father 
and I have sought thee 
sorrowing. 

And He said unto them, 
How is it that ye sought 
me ? wist ye not that I must 
be about my Father's busi- 
ness? 

And they understood not 
the saying which He spake 
unto them. 

And He went down with 
them, and came to Naza- 



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reth, and was subject unto 
them ; but His mother kept 
all these sayings in her 
heart. 

And Jesus increased in 
wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and man. 

CHAPTER IV. 

JOHN THK BAPTIST. 

NOW in the fifteenth 
year of the reign of 
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius 
Pilate, being governor of 
Judea, and Herod being 
tetrarch of Galilee, and his 
brother Philip tetrarch of 
Iturea and of the region of 
Trachonitis, and Lysanias 
the tetrarch of Abilene. 

Annas and Caiaphas be- 
ing the high priests, the 
word of God came unto 
John the son of Zacharias 
in the wilderness. 

And he came into all the 
country about Jordan, 



preaching the baptism of 
repentance for the remission 
of sins ; saying, Repent ye ; 
for the kingdom of heaven 
is at hand. 

For this is He who was 
spoken of by the prophet 
Esaias, saying, " The voice 
of one crying in the wilder- 
ness, Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make His paths 
straight. 

' ' Every valley shall be 
filled, and every mountain 
and hill shall be brought 
low ; and the crooked shall 
be made straight, and the 
rough ways shall be made 
smooth ; 

' ' And all flesh shall see 
the salvation of God." 

And the same John had 
his raiment of camel's hair, 
and a leathern girdle about 
his loins ; and his meat was 
locusts and wild honey. 

And there went out unto 
him all the land of Judea, 
and they of Jerusalem, and 




"The Voice of one crying in the wilderness." 



all the region round about 
Jordan, and were all bap- 
tized of him in the river of 
Jordan, confessing their 
sins. 

But when he saw many 
of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees come to his baptism, 
he said unto them, O gene- 
ration of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the 
wrath to come ? 

Bring forth therefore 
fruits meet for repentance : 

iijuJ think not to say 
within yourselves, we have 
Abraham to our father : for 
I say unto you, that God is 
able of these stones to raise 
up children unto Abraham. 

And now also the axe is 
laid unto the root of the 
trees : therefore every tree 
which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down 
and cast into the fire. 

And the people asked 
him, saying, What shall we 
do then ? 



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He answereth and saith 
unto them, He that hath two 
coats, let him impart to him 
that hath none ; and he 
that hath meat, let him do 
likewise. 

Then came also publicans 
to be baptized, and said 
unto him, Master, what 
shall we do ? 

And he said unto them, 
Exact no more than that 
which is appointed you. 

And the soldiers likewise 
demanded of him, saying, 
And what shall we do? 
And he said unto them, Do 
violence to no man, neither 
accuse any falsely ; and be 
content with your wages. 

And as the people were 
in expectation, and all men 
mused in their hearts of 
John, whether he were the 
Christ, or not ; 

John answered, saying 
unto them all, I indeed 
baptize you with water 
unto repentance ; but there 



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cometh one mightier than I 
after me, the latchet of 
whose shoes I am not 
worthy to stoop down and 
unloose. 

I indeed have baptized 
you with water : but He 
shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost, and with fire. 

Whose fan is in His hand, 
and He will thoroughly 
purge His floor, and gather 
His wheat into the garner ; 
but He will burn up the 
chaff with unquenchable 
fire. 

And many other things 
in his exhortation preached 
he unto the people. 

CHAPTER V. 

THE) BAPTISM AND TEMPTA- 
TION OF JKSUS. 

AND Jesus himself began 
to be about thirty 
years of age, being (as was 
supposed) the son of Joseph. 
Then cometh Jesus from 



NAZARETH 

Galilee to Jordan unto John, 
to be baptized of him. 

But John forbade Him, 
saying, I have need to be 
baptized of thee, and comest 
thou to me ? 

And Jesus answering said 
unto him, Suffer it to be so 
now : for thus it becometh 
us to fulfil all righteousness. 
Then he suffered Him. 

And Jesus, when He was 
baptized, w r ent up straight- 
way out of the water : and, 
lo, the heavens were opened 
unto Him, and He saw the 
Spirit of God descending 
like a dove, and lighting 
upon Him : 

And lo a voice from 
heaven, saying, this is my 
beloved Son, in w r hom I am 
well pleased. 

And Jesus being full of 
the Holy Ghost returned 
from Jordan, and was led 
by the Spirit into the wilder- 
ness. 

Being forty days tempted 





The Temptation. 



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of the devil. And in those 
days He did eat nothing : 
and when they were ended, 
He afterward hungered. 

And the devil said unto 
Him, If thou be the Son of 
God, command this stone 
that it be made bread. 

And Jesus answered him, 
saying, It is written, That 
man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word of 
God. 

And the devil, taking Him 
up into a high mountain, 
shewed unto him all the 
kingdoms of the world in a 
moment of time. 

And the devil said unto 
Him, All this power will I 
give thee, and the glory of 
them ; for that is delivered 
unto me ; and to whomso- 
ever I will, I give it. 

If thou therefore wilt wor- 
ship me, all shall be thine. 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Get thee be- 
hind me, Satan : for it is 



written, Thou shalt wor- 
ship the Lord thy God, 
and Him only shalt thou 
serve. 

And he brought Him to 
Jerusalem, and set Him on 
a pinnacle of the temple, 
and said unto Him, If thou 
be the Son of God, cast thy- 
self down from hence : 

For it is written, He 
shall give His angels charge 
over thee, to keep thee : 

And in their hands they 
shall bear thee up, lest at 
any time thou dash thy foot 
against a stone. 

And Jesus answering said 
unto him, It is said, Thou 
shalt not tempt the Lord 
thy God. 

And when the devil had 
ended all the temptation, 
he departed from Him for a 
season, and, behold, angels 
came and ministered unto 
Him. 

From that time Jesus 
began to preach , and to 



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say, Repent, for the king- 
dom of heaven is at hand. 

^\ In those days John did 
baptize in the wilderness, 
and bare witness of Him, 
and cried, saying, This was 
He of whom I spake, He 
that cometh after me is pre- 
ferred before me ; for He 
was before me. 

And of His fulness have 
all we received, and grace 
for grace. 

For the law was given 
by Moses, but grace and 
truth came by Jesus 
Christ. 

No man hath seen God 
at any time ; the only be- 
gotten Son, which is in the 
bosom of the Father, He 
hath declared Him. 

And this is the record of 
John, when the Jews sent 
priests and Invites from 
Jerusalem to ask him, Who 
art thou ? 

And he confessed and de- 



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nied not ; but confessed, I 
am not the Christ. 

And they asked him, 
What then? Art thou 
Elias? And he saith, I 
am not. Art thou that 
Prophet ? And he an- 
swered, No. 

Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou? that we 
may give an answer to them 
that sent us. What sayest 
thou of thyself ? 

He said, I am " the voice 
of one crying in the wilder- 
ness, Make straight the 
way of the Eord ? " as said 
the prophet Esaias. 

And they which were 
sent were of the Pharisees ; 
and they asked him, and 
said unto him, why bap- 
tizest thou then, if thou be 
not that Christ, nor Elias, 
neither that Prophet? 

John answered them, say- 
ing, I baptize with water : 
but there standeth one 
among you, whom ye know 



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55 



not : He it is, who coming 
after me is preferred be- 
fore me, whose shoe's 
latchet I am not worthy to 
unloose. 

These things were done 
in Bethabara beyond 
Jordan, where John was 
baptizing. 

The next day John seeth 
Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith, behold the Lamb of 
God, which taketh away 
the sin of the world ! 

This is He of whom I 
said, After me cometh a 
man which is preferred be- 
fore me ; for He was before 
me. 

And I knew Him not : 
but that He should be made 
manifest to Israel, therefore 
am I come baptizing with 
water. 

And John bare record, 
saying, I saw the Spirit de- 
scending from heaven like 
a dove, and it abode upon 
Him. 



And I knew Him not : 
but He that sent me to bap- 
tize with water, the same 
said unto me, Upon whom 
thou shalt see the Spirit de- 
scending, and remaining on 
Him, the same is He which 
baptizeth with the Holy 
Ghost. 

And I saw, and bare re- 
cord that this is the Son of 
God. 

Again the next day after, 
John stood, and two of his 
disciples : 

And looking upon Jesus 
as He walked, he saith, Be- 
hold the Lamb of God ! 

And the two disciples 
heard him speak, and they 
followed Jesus. 

Then Jesus turned, and 
saw them following, and 
saith unto them, What seek 
3^e ? They said unto Him, 
Rabbi, (which is to say, be- 
i n g interpreted, Master) 
where dwellest thou ? 

He saith unto them, 



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Come and see. They came 
and saw where He dwelt, 
and abode with Him that 
day ; for it was about the 
tenth hour. 

One of the two which 
heard John speak, and fol- 
lowed Him, was Andrew, 
Simon Peter's brother. 

He first findeth his own 
brother Simon, and saith 
unto him, We have found 
the Messiah, which is, being 
interpreted, the Christ. 

And he brought him to 
Jesus. And when Jesus be- 
held him, He said, Thou 
art Simon, the son of Jona : 
thou shalt be called Cephas, 
which is by interpretation, 
a stone. 

^[ The day following Jesus 
would go forth into Galilee, 
and findeth Philip, and 
saith unto him, Follow me. 

Now Philip was of Beth- 
saida, the city of Andrew 
and Peter. 



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Philip findeth Nathanael, 
and saith unto him, We 
have found Him, of whom 
Moses in the law, and the 
prophets, did write, Jesus of 
Nazareth, the son of Jo- 
seph. 

And Nathanael said unto 
him, Can there any good 
thing come out of Naza- 
reth? Philip saith unto 
him, Come and see. 

Jesus saw Nathanael com- 
ing to Him, and saith of 
him, Behold an Israelite 
indeed, in whom is no 
guile ! 

Nathanael saith unto 
Him, Whence knowest thou 
me? Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Before that 
Philip called thee, when 
thou wast under the fig 
tree, I saw thee. 

Nathanael answered and 
saith unto Him, Rabbi, 
thou art the King of Is- 
rael. 

Jesus answered and said 



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unto him, Because I said 
unto thee, I saw thee under 
the fig tree, believest thou ? 
thou shalt see greater things 
than these. 

And he saith unto him, 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Hereafter ye shall see 
heaven open, and the angels 
of God ascending and de- 
scending upon the Son of 
Man. 

CHAPTER VI. 

CHRIST AT THE MAR- 
RIAGE FEAST IN CAN A. 

AND the third day there 
was a marriage in 
Cana of Galilee : and the 
mother of Jesus was there : 

And both Jesus was 
called, and His disciples to 
the marriage. 

And when they wanted 
wine, the mother of Jesus 
saith unto Him, They have 
no wine. 

Jesus saith unto her, 



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Woman, what have I to do 
with thee ? mine hour is not 
yet come. 

His mother saith unto the 
servants, Whatsoever He 
saith unto you, do it. 

And there were set there 
six water-pots of stone, after 
the manner of the purify- 
ing of the Jews, containing 
two or three firkins apiece. 

Jesus saith unto them, 
Fill the water-pots with 
water, and they filled them 
up to the brim. 

And He saith unto them, 
Draw out now, and bear 
unto the governor of the 
feast. And they bare it 

When the ruler of the 
feast had tasted the water 
that was made wine, and 
knew not whence it was, 
(but the servants which 
drew the water knew,) the 
governor of the feast called 
the bridegroom, 

And saith unto him, 
Every man at the begin- 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



ning doth set forth good 
wine ; and when men have 
well drunk, then that which 
is worse : but thou has kept 
the good wine until now. 

This beginning of mira- 
cles did Jesus in Cana of 
Galilee, and manifested 
forth His glory ; and His 
disciples believed on Him. 

CLEARS THE TEMPLE. 

% After this He went 
down to Capernaum, He, 
and His mother, and His 
brethren, and His disciples ; 
and they continued there 
not many days. 

And the Jews' passover 
was at hand, and Jesus went 
up to Jerusalem, 

And found in the temple 
those that sold oxen and 
sheep and doves, and the 
changers of money sitting : 

And when He had made 
a scourge of small cords, 
He drove them all out of 
the temple, and the sheep, 



and the oxen ; and poured 
out the changers' money, 
and overthrew the tables ; 

And said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these 
things hence ; make not my 
Father's house a house of 
merchandise. 

And His disciples remem- 
bered that it was written, 
The zeal of thine house 
hath eaten me up. 

Then answered the Jews 
and said unto Him, What 
sign shewest thou unto us, 
seeing that thou doest these 
things ? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Destroy this 
temple, and in three days I 
will raise it up. 

Then said the Jews, Forty 
and six years was this tem- 
ple in building, and wilt 
thou rear it up in three 
days? 

But He spake of the tem- 
ple of His body. 

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risen from the dead, His 
disciples remembered that 
He had said this unto them ; 
and they believed the Scrip- 
ture, and the word which 
Jesus had said. 

Now, when He was in 
Jerusalem at the passover, 
in the feast- day, many be- 
lieved in His name, when 
they saw the miracles which 
He did. 

But Jesus did not commit 
himself unto them, because 
He knew all men } 

And needed not that any 
should testify of man : for 
He knew what was in man. 

THK NEW BIRTH. 

There was a man of the 
Pharisees, named N i c o- 
demus, a ruler of the Jews : 

The same came to Jesus 
by night, and said unto 
Him, Rabbi, we know that 
thou art a teacher come 
from God : for no man can 
do these miracles that thou 



doest, except God be with 
him. 

Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Verily, verily, 
I say unto thee, Except a 
man be born again, he can- 
not see the kingdom of 
God. 

Nicodemus said unto Him 
How can a man be born 
when he is old ? can he 
enter the second time into 
his mother's womb and be 
born ? 

Jesus answered, Verily, 
verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of 
water and of the Spirit, he 
cannot enter into the king- 
dom of God. 

That which is born of 
the flesh is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit 
is spirit. 

Marvel not that I said 
unto thee, Ye must be 
born again. 

The wind bloweth where 
it listeth, and thou hearest 



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the sound thereof, but canst 
not tell whence it cometh, 
and whither it goeth : so is 
every one that is born of 
the Spirit. 

Nicodemus answered and 
said unto Him, How can 
these things be ? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Art thou a master 
of Israel, and knowest not 
these things ? 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, We speak that we do 
know, and testify that we 
have seen ; and ye receive 
not our witness. 

If I have told you earthly 
things, and ye believe 
not, how shall ye believe, 
if I tell you of heavenly 
things ? 

And no man hath 
ascended up to heaven, but 
He that came down from 
heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. 

And as Moses lifted up 
the serpent in the wilderness 



NAZARETH 

even so must the Son of 
man be lifted up : 

That whosoever believeth 
in Him should not perish, 
but have eternal life. 

For God so loved the 
world, that He gave His 
only begotten Son, that 
whosoever believeth in Him 
should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

For God sent not His 
Son into the world to con- 
demn the world ; but that 
the world through Him 
might be saved. 

He that believeth on Him 
is not condemned : but he 
that believeth not is con- 
demned already, because 
He hath not believed in the 
name of the only begotten 
Son of God. 

And this is the condem- 
nation, that light has come 
into the world, and men 
loved darkness rather than 
light, because their deeds 
were evil. 



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67 



For every one that doeth 
evil hateth the light, nei- 
ther cometh to the light, 
lest his deeds should be re- 
proved. 

But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the light, that 
his deeds may be made 
manifest, that they are 
wrought in God. 

% After these things 
came Jesus and His dis- 
ciples into the land of 
Judea ; and there He tar- 
ried with them, and bap- 
tized. 

And John also was bap- 
tizing in Enon near to Sa- 
lim, because there was much 
water there : and they came 
and were baptized. 

For John was not yet cast 
into prison. 

Then there arose a ques- 
tion between some of John's 
disciples and the Jews about 
purifying. 

And they came unto John, 



and said unto him, Rabbi, 
He that was with thee be- 
yond Jordan, to whom thou 
bearest witness, behold, the 
same baptizeth, and all men 
come to Him. 

John answered and said. 
A man can receive nothing, 
except it be given him from 
heaven. 

Ye yourselves bear me 
witness, that I said, I am 
not the Christ, but that I 
am sent before Him. 

He that hath the bride is 
the bridegroom : but the 
friend of the bridegroom, 
which standeth and heareth 
him, rejoiceth greatly be- 
cause of the bridegroom's 
voice : this my joy therefore 
is fulfilled. 

He must increase, but I 
must decrease. 

He that cometh from 
above is above all : he 
that is of the earth is 
earthly, and speaketh of 
the earth: He that 



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JESUS OF 



cometh from heaven is 
above all. 

And what He hath seen 
and heard, thatHetestifieth; 
and no man receiveth His 
testimony. 

He that hath received 
His testimony hath set to 
his seal that God is true. 

For He whom God hath 
sent speaketh the words of 
God : for God giveth not 
the Spirit by measure unto 
Him. 

The Father loveth the 
Son, and hath given all 
things into His hand. 

He that believeth on the 
Son hath everlasting life : 
and he that believeth not 
the Son shall not see life ; 
but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 

CHAPTER VII. 

IN SAMARIA AND GAUI,EE. 

HEROD the tetrarch, 
being reproved by 
John for Herodias his 



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brother Philip's wife, and 
for all the evils which 
Herod had done, added yet 
this above all, that he shut 
up John in prison. 

When therefore the Lord 
knew how the Pharisees 
had heard that Jesus made 
and baptized more disciples 
than John, 

(Though Jesus Himself 
baptized not, but His dis- 
ciples,) and had heard that 
John was cast into prison, 

He left Judea, and de- 
parted again into Galilee. 

And He must needs go 
through Samaria. 

Then cometh He to a 
city of Samaria, which is 
called Sychar, near to the 
parcel of ground that Jacob 
gave to his son Joseph. 

Now Jacob's well was 
there. Jesus, therefore, 
being wearied with His jour- 
ney, sat thus on the well : and 
it was about the sixth hour. 

There cometh a woman 




Then cometh He to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar. 



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of Samaria to draw water : 
Jesus saith unto her, Give 
me to drink. 

(For His disciples were 
gone away unto the 
city to buy meat.) 

Then saith the woman of 
Samaria unto Him, How is 
it that thou, being a Jew, 
asketh drink of me, which 
am a woman of Samaria? 
for the Jews have no deal- 
ings with the Samaritans. 

Jesus answered and said 
unto her, If thou knewest 
the gift of God, and who it 
is that saith to thee, Give 
me to drink ; thou wouldest 
have asked of Him, and 
He would have given thee 
living water. 

The woman saith unto 
Him, Sir, thou hast noth- 
ing to draw with, and the 
well is deep : from whence 
then hast thou that living 
water ? 

Art thou greater than our 
father Jacob, which gave 



us the well, and drank 
thereof himself, and his 
children, and his cattle? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto her, Whosoever drink- 
eth of this water shall 
thirst again : 

But whosoever drinketh 
of the water that I shall give 
him shall never thirst ; but 
the water that I shall give 
him shall be in him a well 
of water springing up into 
everlasting life. 

The woman said unto Him 
Sir, give me this water, 
that I thirst not, neither 
come hither to draw. 

Jesus saith unto her, Go, 
call trry husband, and come 
hither. 

The woman answered and 
said, I have no husband. 
Jesus said unto her, Thou 
hast well said, I have no 
husband : 

For thou hast had five 
husbands ; and he whom 
thou now hast is not thy 



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husband : in that saidst 
thou truly. 

The woman said unto 
Him, Sir, I perceive that 
thou art a prophet. 

Our fathers worshipped in 
this mountain ; and ye say, 
that in Jerusalem is the 
place where men ought to 
worship. 

Jesus said unto her, 
Woman, believe me, the 
hour cometh, when ye shall 
neither in this mountain, 
nor yet at Jerusalem, wor- 
ship the Father. 

Ye worship ye know not 
what : we know what we 
worship ; for salvation is of 
the Jews. 

But the hour cometh, and 
how is, when the true wor- 
shippers shall worship the 
Father in spirit and in 
truth : for the Father 
seeketh such to worship 
Him. 

God is a Spirit : and they 
that worship Him must 



NAZARETH 

worship Him in spirit and 
in truth. 

The woman saith unto 
Him, I know that Messias 
cometh, which is called 
Christ : when He is come, 
He will tell us all things. 

Jesus saith unto her, I 
that speak unto thee am He. 

And upon this came His 
disciples, aud marvelled that 
He talked with the woman : 
yet no man said, What 
seekest thou? or, Why 
talkest thou with her ? 

The woman then left her 
water-pot, and went her 
w r ay into the city, and saith 
to the men, 

Come, see a man which 
told me all things that ever 
I did : is not this the 
Christ? 

Then they went out of 
the city, and came unto 
Him. 

In the meanwhile His 
disciples prayed Him, say- 
ing, Master, eat. 




"God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit 
and in truth." 



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But He said unto them, 
I have meat to eat that ye 
know not of. 

Therefore said the dis- 
ciples one to the other, 
Hath an}' man brought 
Him aught to eat? 

Jesus saith unto them, 
My meat is to do the will of 
Him that sent me, and to 
finish His work. 

Say not ye, There are 
yet four months, and then 
cometh harvest ? behold, I 
say unto you, Lift up your 
eyes, and look on the 
fields ; for the}' are white 
already to harvest. 

And he that reapeth re- 
ceiveth wages, and gather - 
eth fruit unto life eternal : 
that both he that soweth 
and he that reapeth may 
rejoice together. 

And herein is that saying 
true, One soweth, and 
another reapeth. 

I sent you to reap that 
whereon ye bestowed no 



labour : other men laboured, 
and ye are entered into 
their labours. 

And many of the Sama- 
ritans of that city believed 
on Him for the saying 
of the woman, which 
testified, He told me all- 
things that ever I did. 

So when the Samaritans 
were come unto Him, they 
besought Him that He 
would tarry with them : 
and He abode there two 
days. 

And many more believed 
because of His own word ; 

And said unto the 
woman, Xow we believe, 
not because of thy saying : 
for we have heard Him our- 
selves, and know that this 
is indeed the Christ, the 
Saviour of the world. 

^J Now after two days 
He departed thence, and 
went into Galilee. 

For Jesus himself testified 



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JESUS OF 



that a prophet hath no 
honour in his own country. 

Then when He was come 
into Galilee, the Galileans 
received Him, having seen 
all the things that He did 
at Jerusalem at the feast : 
for they also went unto the 
feast. 

So Jesus came again into 
Cana of Galilee, where He 
made the water wine. And 
there was a certain noble- 
man, whose son was sick at 
Capernaum . 

When he heard that Jesus 
was come out of Judea into 
Galilee, he went unto Him, 
and besought Him that he 
would come down, and heal 
his son ; for he was at the 
point of death. 

Then said Jesus unto him, 
Except ye see signs and 
wonders, ye will not be- 
lieve. 

The nobleman saith unto 
Him, Sir, come down ere 
my child die. 



NAZARETH 

Jesus saith unto him, Go 
thy way ; thy son liveth. 
And the man believed the 
word that Jesus had spoken 
unto him, and he went his 
way. 

And as he was now going 
down, his servants met 
him, and told hint, saying, 
Thy son liveth. 

Then inquired he of 
them the hour when he be- 
gan to amend. And they 
said unto him, Yesterday 
at the seventh hour the 
fever left him. 

So the father knew that 
it was at the same hour, in 
the which Jesus said unto 
him, Thy son liveth : and 
himself believed, and his 
whole house. 

This is again the second 
miracle that Jesus did, when 
He was come out of Judea 
into Galilee. 




And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 



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CHAPTER VIII. 

HK BEGIXXKTH TO PREACH 

AND Jesus returned in 
the power of the Spirit 
into Galilee : and there went 
out a fame of Him through 
all the region round about. 

And He taught in their 
synagogues, being glorified 
of all. 

And He came to Nazareth 
where He had been brought 
up : and as His custom was, 
He went into the syna- 
gogue on the sabbath 
day, and stood up for to 
read. 

And there was delivered 
unto Him the book of the 
prophet Esaias. And when 
He had opened the book, 
He found the place where 
it was written, 

' 'The spirit of the Lord is 
upon me, because He hath 
anointed me to preach the 
gospel to the poor ; He 
hath sent me to heal the 



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broken-hearted, to preach 
deliverance to the captives, 
and recovering of sight 
to the blind, to set at 
liberty them that are 
bruised. 

' ' To preach the accept- 
able year of the Lord. ' ' 

And He closed the book, 
and He gave it again to the 
minister, and sat down, 
and the eyes of all them 
that were in the syna- 
gogue were fastened on 
Him. 

And He began to say 
unto them, This day is this 
Scripture fulfilled in your 
ears. 

And all bear Him wit- 
ness, and wondered at the 
gracious words which 
proceeded out of His 
mouth. 

And were astonished, say- 
ing, From whence hath chis 
man these things ? and what 
wisdom is this which is 
given unto Him, that even 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



such mighty works are 
wrought by His hands ? 

And they said, Is not this 
the carpenter ? is not this 
Joseph's son? the son of 
Mary, the brother of James, 
and Joses, and of Juda, and 
Simon ? and are not His sis- 
ters here with us ? Whence 
then hath this man all these 
things ? And they were 
offended in Him. 

But Jesus said unto them, 
A prophet is not without 
honour, but in his own 
country, and among his 
own kin, and in his own 
house. 

(And He could there do 
no mighty work, because of 
their unbelief, save that He 
laid His hands upon a few 
sick folk, and healed them. 
And He marvelled because 
of their unbelief. ) 

And He said unto them, 
Ye will surely say unto me 
this proverb, Physician, 
heal thyself : whatsoever 



we have heard done in 
Capernaum , do also here in 
thy country. 

And He said, Verily, I 
say unto you, No prophet 
is accepted in his own 
country. 

But I tell you of a truth, 
many widows were in Is- 
rael in the days of Elias, 
when the heaven was shut 
up three years and six 
months, when great famine 
was throughout all the land. 

But unto none of them 
was Elias sent, save unto 
Sarepta, a oity of Sidon, 
unto a woman that was a 
widow. 

And many lepers were in 
Israel in the time of Eli- 
seus the prophet : and none 
of them was cleansed, sav- 
ing Naaman the Syrian. 

And all they in the syna- 
gogue, when they heard 
these things, were filled 
with wrath. 

And rose up, and thrust 




But He, passing through the midst of them, went His way. 



Him out of the city, and 
led Him unto the brow of 
the hill whereon their city 
was built, that they might 
cast Him down headlong. 

But He, passing through 
the midst of them, went 
His way, and came and 
dwelt in Capernaum, a city 
of Galilee, which is upon 
the sea coast, in the bor- 
ders of Zebulon and Neph- 
thalim, and taught them on 
the Sabbath days. 

That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by 
Esaias the prophet, saying, 

"The land of Zebulon, 
and the land of Nephtha- 
lim, by the way of the sea, 
beyond Jordan, Galilee of 
the Gentiles ; 

' ' The people which sat in 
darkness saw great light ; 
and to them which sat 
in the region and shadow 
of death, light is sprung 
up." 

And they were astonished 



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at His doctrine ; for His 
word was with power. 



% And Jesus, walking by 
the sea of Galilee, saw 
Simon called Peter, and 
Andrew his brother, casting 
a net into the sea; for they 
were fishers. 

And He saith unto them, 
Come ye after me, and I 
will make you to become 
fishers of men. And straight- 
way they forsook their nets, 
and followed Him. 

And going on from 
thence, He saw James the 
son of Zebedee, and John 
his brother, in a ship with 
Zebedee their father, mend- 
ing their nets ; 

And straightway He 
called them : and they 
immediately left the ship 
and their father Zebedee in 
the ship with the hired 
servants, and went after 
Him. 

And they went into Ca- 



8 4 JESUS OF 

pernaum ; and straightway 
on the sabbath day He 
entered into the synagogue, 
and taught. 

And they were astonished 
at His doctrine : for He 
taught them as one that had 
authority, and not as the 
scribes. 

HE CASTETH OUT DEVILS 

And in the synagogue 
there was a man, which had 
a spirit of an unclean devil, 
and cried out with a loud 
voice, 

Saying, L,et us alone; 
what have we to do with 
thee, thou Jesus of Naza- 
reth ? art thou come to 
destroy us? I know Thee 
who thou art, the holy 
one of God. 

And Jesus rebuked him, 
saying, Hold thy peace, and 
come out of him. 

And when the unclean 
spirit had thrown him in the 
midst, and had torn him, 



NAZARETH 

and cried with a loud voice, 
he came out of him, and 
hurt him not. 

And they were all 
amazed, and spake among 
themselves, saying, What a 
a word is this ! for with 
authority and power He 
commanded the unclean 
spirits, and they come out. 

And the fame of Him 
went out into every place 
of the country round about. 

And He arose out of the 
synagogue, and entered into 
Simon's house. And Si- 
mon's wife's mother was 
taken with a great fever ; 
and they besought Him for 
her. 

And He stood over her, 
and rebuked the fever ; and 
it left her : and immediately 
she arose and ministered 
unto them. 

Now when the sun was 
setting, all they that had 
any sick with divers dis- 
eases brought them unto 




"Come ye after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." 




And He laid His hands on every one of them, and healed them ; and devils 
also came out of many. 



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Him ; and He laid H i s 
hands on every one of 
them, and healed them. 

And devils also came out 
of many, crying out, and 
saying, Thou art Christ the 
Son of God. And He, re- 
buking theniy suffered them 
not to speak : for they 
knew that He was Christ. 

And in the morning, ris- 
ing up a great while before 
day, He went out, and de- 
parted into a solitary place, 
and there prayed. 

And Simon and they that 
were with him followed 
after Him. 

And when they had 
found Him, they said unto 
Him, All men seek for thee. 

And He said unto them, 
Let us go into the next 
towns, that I may preach 
there also : for therefore 
came I forth. 

And Jesus went about all 
Galilee, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching 



the gospel of the kingdom, 
and healing all manner of 
sickness and all manner of 
disease among the people. 

And His fame went 
throughout all Syria : and 
they brought unto Him 
all sick people that were 
taken with divers diseases 
and torments, and those 
which were possessed with 
devils, and those which were 
lunatics, and those that had 
the palsy ; and He healed 
them. 

And there followed Him 
great multitudes of people 
from Galilee, and from De- 
capolis, and from Jerusalem 
andfrom Judea, and from 
beyond Jordan. 

CHAPTER IX. 

H£ CI.KANSKTH THE I.KPKR 

AND there came a leper 
to Him, beseeching 
Him, and kneeling down to 
Him, and saying unto Him, 



go JESUS OF 

If thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean. 

And Jesus, moved with 
compassion, put forth Bis 
hand, and touched him, 
and said unto him, I will ; 
be thou clean. 

And as soon as He had 
spoken, immediately the 
leprosy departed from him, 
and he was cleansed. 

And He straitly charged 
him, and forthwith sent him 
away ; 

And saith unto him, See 
thou say nothing to any 
man : but go thy way, 
shew thyself to the priest, 
and offer for thy cleansing 
those things which Moses 
commanded, for a testi- 
mony unto them. 

But he went out, and be- 
gan to publish it much, and 
to blaze abroad the matter, 
insomuch that Jesus could 
no more openly enter into 
the city, but was without 
in desert places : and they 



NAZARETH 

came to Him from every 
quarter. 

And He withdrew Him- 
self into the wilderness, 
and prayed. 

HK CURKTH THE PALSIED. 

And again He entered 
into Capernaum after some 
days ; and it was noised 
that He was in the house. 

And straightway many 
were gathered together, in- 
somuch that there was no 
room to receive them, no, not 
so much as about the door : 
and He preached the word 
unto them. 

And they come unto 
Him, bringing one sick of 
the palsy, which was borne 
of four. 

And when they could not 
come nigh unto Him for 
the press, they uncovered 
the roof where He was : 
and when they had broken 
// up, they let down the bed 





"I will; be thou clean." 




*I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into 
thine house." 



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of the 



95 



wherein the sick 
palsy lay. 

When Jesus saw their 
faith, He said unto 
the sick of the palsy, Son, 
thy sins be forgiven thee. 

But there were certain of 
the scribes sitting there, 
and reasoning in their 
hearts, 

Why doth this man thus 
speak blasphemies ? who 
can forgive sins but God 
only ? 

And immediately, when 
Jesus perceived in His 
spirit that the}' so reasoned 
within themselves, He said 
unto them, Why reason 
ye these things in your 
hearts ? 

Whether it is easier to 
say to the sick of the palsy, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee ; 
or to say, Arise, and take 
up thy bed 'and walk ? 

But that ye may know 
that the Son of Man hath 
power on earth to forgive 



sins, (He saith to the sick 
of the palsy,) 

I say unto thee, Arise, 
take up thy bed, and walk. 

And immediately he 
arose, took up the bed, and 
went forth before them all ; 
insomuch that they were all 
amazed, and glorified God, 
saying, We never saw it on 
this fashion. 

HE TEACHETH OUT OF 
PETER'S SHIP. 

And it came to pass, that, 
as the people pressed upon 
Him to hear the word of 
God, He stood by the lake 
of Gennesaret. 

And saw two ships stand- 
ing by the lake ; but the 
fishermen were gone out of 
them, and were washing 
their nets. 

And He entered into one 
of the ships, which was 
Simon's, and prayed him 
that he would thrust out a 
little from the land. And 



96 JESUS OF 

He sat down, and taught 
the people out of the ship. 

Now when He had left 
speaking, He said unto Si- 
mon, Launch out into the 
deep, and let down your 
nets for a draught. 

And Simon answering 
said unto Him, Master, we 
have toiled all the night, 
and have taken nothing : 
nevertheless at thy word I 
will let down the net. 

And when they had this 
done, they inclosed a great 
multitude of fishes : and 
their net brake. 

And they beckoned unto 
their partners, which were 
in the other ship, that they 
should come and help them. 
And they came, and filled 
both the ships, so that they 
began to sink. 

When Simon Peter saw 
it he fell down at Jesus' 
knees, saying, Depart from 
me ; for I am a sinful man, 
O Lord. 



NAZARETH 

For he was astonished, 
and all that were with 
him, at the draught of 
the fishes which they had 
taken : 

And so was also James, 
and John, the sons of Zebe- 
dee, which were partners 
with Simon. And Jesus 
said unto Simon, Fear not ; 
from henceforth thou shalt 
catch men. 

And when they had 
brought their ships to land, 
they forsook all, and fol- 
lowed Him. 

^[And after these things 
He went forth, and saw a 
publican, named Levi, sit- 
ting at the receipt of cus- 
tom : and He said unto him, 
Follow me. 

And he left all, rose up, 
and followed Him. 

And Levi made Him a 
great feast in his own house : 
and there was a great com- 
pany of publicans and of 




1 Follow Me." 



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others that sat down with 
them. 

But the scribes and Phari- 
sees murmured against 
His disciples, saying, Why 
do you eat and drink with 
publicans and sinners ? 

And Jesus answering said 
unto them, They that are 
whole need not a physician ; 
but they that are sick. 

I came not to call the 
righteous, but sinners to 
repentance. 

And they said unto Him, 
Why do the disciples of 
John fast often, and make 
prayers, and likewise the 
disciples of the Pharisees ; 
but thine eat and drink ? 

And He said unto them, 
Can ye make the children of 
the bridechamber, fast while 
the bridegroom is with them ? 

But the days will come, 
when the bridegroom shall 
be taken away from them, 
and then shall they fast in 
those days. 



And He spake also a par- 
able unto them ; No man 
putteth a piece of a new 
garment upon an old ; if 
otherwise, then both the 
new maketh a rent, and the 
piece that was taken out of 
the new agreeth not with 
the old. 

And no man putteth new 
wine into old bottles ; else 
the new wine will burst the 
bottles, and be spilled, and 
the bottles shall perish. 

But new wine must be 
put into new bottles ; and 
both are preserved. 

No man also having 
drunk old wine straightway 
desireth new ; for he saith 
The old is better. 

CHAPTER X. 

BKTHKSDA. 

AFTER this there was a 
feasts of the Jews ; 
and Jesus went up to Jeru- 
salem. 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 



Now there is at Jerusa- 
lem by the sheep market a 
pool, which is called in the 
Hebrew tongue Bethesda, 
having five porches. 

In these lay a great mul- 
titude of impotent folk, of 
blind, halt, withered, wait- 
ing for the moving of the 
water. 

For an angel went down 
at a certain season into the 
pool, and troubled the 
water : whosoever then first 
after the troubling of the 
water stepped in was made 
whole of whatsoever dis- 
ease he had. 

And a certain man was 
there, which had an in- 
firmity thirty and eight 
years. 

When Jesus saw him lie, 
and knew that he had been 
now a long time in that case, 
He saith unto him, Wilt 
thou be made whole ? 

The impotent man an- 
swered Him, Sir, I have no 



man when the water is 
troubled, to put me into 
the pool : but while I am 
coming, another steppeth 
down before me. 

Jesus saith unto him, 
Rise, take up thy bed, and 
walk. 

And immediately the man 
was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked : 
and on the same day was 
the sabbath. 

The Jews therefore said 
unto him that was cured, It 
is the sabbath day : it is not 
lawful for thee to carry thy 
bed. 

He answered them, He 
that made me whole, the 
same said unto me, Take up 
thy bed, and walk. 

Then asked they him, 
What man is that which 
said unto thee, Take up thy 
bed, and walk ? 

And he that was healed 
wist not who it was : for 
Jesus had conveyed Himself 




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away, a multitude being 
in that place. 

Afterward Jesus findeth 
him in the temple, and said 
unto him, Behold, thou art 
made whole : sin no more, 
lest a worse thing come 
unto thee. 

The man departed, and 
told the Jews that it was 
Jesus, which had made him 
whole. 

And therefore did the 
Jews persecute Jesus, and 
sought to slay Him, because 
He had done these things 
on the sabbath day. 

But Jesus answered them, 
My Father worketh hith- 
erto, and I work. 

Therefore the Jews sought 
the more to kill Him, be- 
cause He not only had 
broken the sabbath, but said 
also that God was His 
Father, making himself 
equal with God. 

Then answered Jesus and 
said unto them, Verily, 



verily, I say unto you, The 
Son can do nothing of Him- 
self, but what He seeth the 
Father do : for what things 
soever He doeth, these also 
doeth the Son likewise. 

For the Father loveth the 
Son, and sheweth Him all 
things that Himself doeth : 
and He will shew Him 
greater works than these, 
that ye ma}' marvel. 

For as the Father raiseth 
up the dead, and quicken- 
eth them ; even so the Son 
quickeneth whom He will. 

For the Father judgeth 
no man, but hath com- 
mitted all judgment unto 
the Son : 

That all men should hon- 
our the Son, even as the}' 
honour the Father. He 
tha't honoureth not the Son 
honoureth not the Father 
wdiich hath sent Him. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that heareth my 
word, and believeth on Him 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



that sent me, hath everlast- 
ing life, and shall not come 
into condemnation : but is 
passed from death unto life. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The hour is coming 
and now is, when the dead 
shall hear the voice of the 
Son of God : and they that 
hear shall live. 

For as the Father hath 
life in Himself ; so hath He 
given to the Son to have 
life in Himself ; 

And hath given Him au- 
thority to execute judgment 
also, because He is the Son 
of man. 

Marvel not at this : for 
the hour is coming, in the 
which all that are in the 
graves shall hear His voice, 

And shall come forth ; 
they that have done good, 
unto the resurrection of 
life? and they that have 
done evil, unto the resur- 
section of damnation. 

I can of mine own self 



do nothing : as I hear, I 
judge : and my judgment 
is just ; because I seek not 
my own will, but the will of 
the Father which hath sent 
me, 

If I bear witness of my- 
self, my witness is not true. 

There is another that 
beareth witness of me ; 
and I know that the wit- 
ness which He witnesseth of 
me is true. 

Ye sent unto John, and 
he bare witness unto the 
truth. 

But I receive not testi- 
mony from man : but these 
things I say, that ye might 
be saved. 

He was a burning and a 
shining light : and ye were 
willing for a season to re- 
joice in his light. 

But I have greater wit- 
ness than that of John : for 
the works which the Father 
hath given me to finish, the 
same works that I do, bear 




1 Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal life : and 
they are they which testify of Me." 



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witness of me, that the 
Father hath sent me. 

And the Father Himself, 
which hath sent me, hath 
borne witness of me, ye 
have neither heard His 
voice at any time, nor seen 
His shape. 

And ye have not His 
word abiding in you : for 
whom He hath sent, Him ye 
believe not. 

^[ Search the Scriptures ; 
for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life : and they 
are they which testify of 
me. 

And ye will not come to 
me, that ye might have 
life. 

I receive not honour from 
men. 

But I know you, that ye 
have not the love of God in 
you. 

I am come in my Father's 
name, and ye received me 
not : if another shall come 



in his own name, him ye 
will receive. 

How can ye believe, 
which receive honour one 
of another, and seek not the 
honour that cometh from 
God only ? 

Do not think that I will 
accuse you to the Father : 
there is one that accuseth 
you, even Moses, in whom 
ye trust. 

For had ye believed Mo- 
ses, ye would have believed 
me : for he wrote of me. 

But if ye believe not his 
writings, how shall ye be- 
lieve my words ? 

CHAPTER XI. 

THE SON OF MAN LORD 
EVEN OF THE SABBATH. 

AND it came to pass, 
that He went through 
the corn fields on the sab- 
bath day ; and His disci- 
ples were an hungered, and 
began to pluck the ears of 



no JESUS OF 

corn, as they went, and to 
eat, rubbing them in their 
hands. 

But when the Pharisees 
saw it, they said unto Him, 
Behold, thy disciples do 
that which is not lawful to 
do upon the Sabbath day ; 
Why do they on the sab- 
bath day that which is not 
lawful?' 

And Jesus answering 
them said, Have ye not 
read so much as this, what 
David did, when he had 
need, and was an hungered, 
he, and they that were with 
him? 

How he went into the 
house of God in the days of 
Abiathar the high priest, 
and did eat the shew bread, 
which was not lawful for 
him to eat, neither for them 
which were with him, but 
only for the priests, and 
gave also to them which 
were with him ? 

Or have ye not read in 



NAZARETH 

the law, how that on the 
sabbath days the priests in 
the temple profane the sab- 
bath, and are blameless? 

But I say unto you, That 
in this place is one greater 
than the temple. 

But if ye had known 
what this meaneth, ' ' I will 
have mercy, and not sac- 
rifice, " ye would not 
have condemned the guilt- 
less. 

And He said unto them, 
The sabbath was made for 
man, and not man for the 
sabbath : and therefore the 
Son of man is Lord also of 
the sabbath day. 

And when He was de- 
parted thence, He went into 
their synagogue, and 
taught : and there was a 
man there whose right hand 
was withered. 

And the scribes and Phari- 
sees watched Him, whether 
He would heal him on the 
sabbath day ; (that they 




'The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath." 



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might find an accusation 
against Him). 

And they asked Him, 
saying, Is it lawful to heal 
on the sabbath days ? 

But He knew their 
thoughts, and said to the 
man which had the with- 
ered hand, Rise up and 
stand forth in the midst. 
And he arose and stood 
forth. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them, I will ask you one 
thing : Is it lawful on the 
sabbath days to do good, or 
to do evil ? to save life, or 
to destroy it? but they held 
their peace. 

And looking round about 
upon them all, He said 
unto them, What man shall 
there be among you, that 
shall have one sheep, and if 
it fall into a pit on the 
sabbath day, will he not lay 
hold on it, and lift it out ? 

How much then is a man 
better than a sheep ? Where- 



fore it is lawful to do well 
on the sabbath days. 

And when He had looked 
round about on them with 
anger, being grieved for the 
hardness of their hearts, 

Then saith He to the 
man, Stretch forth thine 
hand. And he stretched 
it forth ; and it was re- 
stored whole, like as the 
other. 

And the Pharisees were 
filled with madness ; and 
went forth and communed 
one with another what they 
might do to Jesus ; and 
straightway took counsel 
with the Herodians how 
they might destroy Him. 

But Jesus withdrew him- 
self with His disciples to the 
sea : and a great multitude 
from Galilee followed Him, 
and from Judea, 

And from Jerusalem, and 
from Idumea, and from be- 
yond Jordan ; and they 
about Tyre and Sidon, a 



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JESUS CF NAZARETH 



great multitude, when they 
had heard what great 
things He did, came unto 
Him. 

And He spake to His 
disciples, that a small ship 
should wait on Him because 
of the multitude, lest they 
should throng Him. 

For He had healed many ; 
insomuch that they pressed 
upon Him for to touch Him, 
as many as had plagues. 

And unclean spirits, when 
they saw Him, fell down 
before Him, and cried, 
saying, Thou art the Son of 
God. 

And He straitly charged 
them that they should not 
make Him known. 

That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Ksaias 
the prophet, saying, 

Behold My servant, whom 
I have chosen ; my Beloved, 
in whom my soul is well 
pleased : I w i 1 1 put my 
Spirit upon Him, and He 



shall shew judgment to the 
Gentiles. 

He shall not strive, nor 
cry ; neither shall any man 
hear His voice in the 
streets. 

A bruised reed shall He 
not break, and smoking flax 
shall He not quench, till 
He send forth judgment 
unto victory. 

And in His name shall 
the Gentiles trust. 

^[ And it came to pass 
in those days, that Jesus 
went out into a moun- 
tain to pray, and con- 
tinued all night in prayer 
to God. 

And when it was day, 
He called unto Him his 
disciples : and of them He 
chose twelve, whom also He 
named apostles ; that they 
should be with Him, and 
that He might send them 
forth to preach. 

And to have power to 



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heal sicknesses, and to cast 
out devils. 

Simon, (whom He also 
named Peter, ) and Andrew 
his brother, James and John, 
Philip and Bartholomew, 

Matthew and Thomas, 
James the son of Alpheus, 
and Simon called Zelotes, 

And Judas the brother of 
James, and Judas Iscariot, 
which also was the traitor. 

And He came down with 
them, and stood in the 
plain, and the company of 
His disciples, and a great 
multitude of people out of 
all Judea and Jerusalem, 
and from the sea coast of 
Tyre and Sidon, which came 
to hear Him, and to be 
healed of their diseases ; 

And they that were vexed 
with unclean spirits : and 
they w 7 ere healed. 



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THE 



SERMON ON 
MOUNT. 



THE 



And seeing the multi- 



tudes, He went up into a 
mountain : and when He 
was set, his disciple came 
unto Him : 

And He opened His 
mouth, and taught them, 
saying, 

Blessed are the poor in 
spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they that 
mourn : for they shall be 
comforted. 

Blessed are the meek : for 
they shall inherit the earth. 

Blessed are they which do 
hunger and thirst after 
righteousness : for they 
shall be filled. 

Blessed are the merciful : 
for they shall obtain mercy. 

Blessed are the pure in 
heart : for they shall see 
God. 

Blessed are the peace- 
makers : for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Blessed are they which 
are persecuted for right- 



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eousness' sake : for theirs is 
the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are ye when men 
shall revile you, and perse- 
cute you, and shall say 
all manner of evil against 
you falsely for my sake. 

Rejoice ye in that day, 
and leap for joy : for be- 
hold, your reward is great 
in heaven : for in the like 
manner did their fathers 
unto the prophets. 

But woe unto you that 
are rich ! for ye have re- 
ceived your consolation. 

Woe unto you that are 
full ! for ye shall hunger. 
Woe unto you that laugh 
now ! for ye shall mourn 
and weep. 

Woe unto you when all 
men shall speak well of 
you ! for so did their fath- 
ers to the false prophets. 

^Ye are the salt of the 
earth : but if the salt has 
lost its savour, wherewith 



shall it be salted ? it is 
thenceforth good for noth- 
ing, but to be cast out, and 
to be trodden under foot of 
men. 

Ye are the light of the 
world. A city that is set 
upon a hill cannot be hid. 

Neither do men light a 
candle, and put it under a 
bushel, but on a candle- 
stick ; and it giveth light 
unto all that are in the 
house. 

Let your light so shine 
before men, that they may 
see your good works, and 
glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. 

Think not that I am come 
to destroy the law, or the 
prophets ; I am not come to 
destroy, but to fulfil. 

For verily I say unto you, 
Till heaven and earth pass, 
one jot or one tittle shall in 
no wise pass from the law, 
till all be fulfilled. 

Whosoever therefore shall 




"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' 



break one of these 
commandments, and 
teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the 
kingdom of heaven : but 
whosoever shall do and 
teach theni) the same shall 
be called great in the king- 
dom of heaven. 

For I say unto you, That 
except your rightousness 
shall exceed the rightousness 
of the scribes and Phari- 
sees, 3'e shall in no case 
enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not kill ; and 
whosoever shall kill shall be 
in danger of the judgment ; 

But I say unto you, That 
whosoever is angry with his 
brother without a cause 
shall be in danger of the 
judgment ; and whosoever 
shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of 
the council ; but whosoever 



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least 
shall 



shall say, Thou fool, shall 
be in danger of hell fire. 

Therefore if thou bring 
thy gift to the altar, and 
there rememberest that thy 
brother hath aught against 
thee ; 

Leave there thy gift be- 
fore the altar, and go thy 
way ; first be reconciled to 
thy brother, and then come 
and offer thy gift. 

Agree with thine adver- 
sary quickly, while thou 
art in the way with him ; 
lest at any time the adver- 
sary deliver thee to the 
judge, and the judge deliver 
thee to the officer, and thou 
be cast into prison. 

Verily, I say unto thee, 
Thou shalt by no means 
come out thence, till thou 
hast paid the uttermost far- 
thing. 

Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not commit 
adultery : 



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But I say unto you, That 
whosoever looketh on a 
woman to lust after her 
hath committed adultery 
with her already in his 
heart. 

And if thy right eye 
offend thee, pluck it out, 
and cast it from thee ; for 
it is profitable for thee that 
one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy 
whole body should be cast 
into hell. 

And if thy right hand 
offend thee, cut it off, 
and cast it from thee : for it 
is profitable for thee that 
one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy 
whole body should be cast 
into hell. 

It hath been said, Who- 
soever shall put away his 
wife, let him give her a 
writing of divorcement : 

But I say unto you, That 
whosoever shall put his wife 
away saving for the cause of 



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fornication, causeth her to 
commit adultery: and 
whosoever shall marry her 
that is divorced committeth 
adultery. 

Again, ye have heard thct 
it hath been said by them 
of old time, Thou shalt not 
forswear thyself, but shalt 
perform unto the L,ord thine 
oaths : 

But I say unto you, Swear 
not at all; neither by heaven; 
for it is God's throne : 

Nor by the earth ; for it 
is his footstool : neither by 
Jerusalem ; for it is the city 
of the great King. 

Neither shalt thou swear 
by thy head, because thou 
canst not make one hair 
white or black. 

But let your communica- 
tion be, Yea, yea ; Nay, 
nay : for whatsoever is more 
than these cometh of evil. 

Ye have heard that it 
hath been said, An eye for 



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an eye, and a tooth for a 
tooth : 

But I say unto you, That 
ye resist not evil : but 
whosoever shall smite thee 
on thy right cheek, turn to 
him the other also. 

And if any man will sue 
thee at the law, and take 
away thy coat, let him have 
thy cloak also. 

And whosoever shall 
compel thee to go a mile, go 
with him twain. 

Give to every man that 
asketh of thee, and from him 
that would borrow of thee 
turn not thou away ; and of 
him that taketh away thy 
goods ask them not again. 

And as ye would that 
men should do to you, do 
ye also to them likewise. 

Ye have heard that it 
hath been said, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour, and 
hate thine enemy. 

But I say unto you, Love 



that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and 
pray for them which de- 
spitefully use you, and 
persecute you ; 

That you may be the 
children of your Father 
which is in heaven : for he 
maketh his sun to rise on 
the evil and on the good, 
and sendeth rain on the just 
and on the unjust. 

For if ye love them which 
love you, what reward have 
ye ? do not even the publi- 
cans the same ? 

And if ye salute your 
brethren only, what do ye 
more than others? do not 
even the publicans so ? 

And if ye do good to 
them which do good to you, 
what thank have ye? for 
sinners also do even the 
same. 

And if ye lend to them of 
whom ye hope to receive, 
what thank have ye ? for 



your enemies, bless them | sinners also lend to sinners, 



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to receive as much again. 

But love ye your enemies, 
and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again ; 
and your reward shall be 
great, and ye shall be the 
children of the Highest : 
for He is kind unto the un- 
thankful and to the evil. 

Be ye merciful, as your 
Father also is merciful. 

Be ye therefore perfect 
even as your Father which 
is in heaven is perfect. 

CHAPTER XII. 

TAKE heed that ye do 
not your alms before 
men, to be seen of them : 
otherwise ye have no reward 
of your Father which is in 
heaven. 

Therefore when thou 
doest thine alms, do not 
sound a trumpet before thee 
as the hypocrites do in the 
synagogues and in the 
streets, that they may have 



glory of men. Verily I say 
unto you, They have their 
reward. 

But when thou doest alms, 
let not thy left hand know 
what thy right hand doeth : 

That thine alms may be 
in secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret, 
Himself shall reward thee 
openly. 

And when thou pray est, 
thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrits are : for they love 
to pray standing in the 
synagogues and in the 
corners of the streets, that 
they may be seen of men. 
Verily I say unto you, They 
have their reward. 

But thou, when thou 
p r a y e s t , enter into thy 
closet, and when thou hast 
shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father which is in secret ; 
and thy Father which seeth 
in secret shall reward thee 
openly. 

But when ye pray, use 



not vain repetitions, as the 
heathen do : for they think 
that they shall be heard for 
their much speaking. 

Be ye not therefore like 
unto them : for your Father 
knoweth what things ye 
have need of, before ye ask 
Him. 

After this manner there- 
fore pray ye : Our Father 
who art in Heaven, 
Hallowed be Thy name. 

Thy kingdom come, Thy 
will be done in earth, as it is 
in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily 
bread. 

And forgive us our debts 
as we forgive our debtors. 

And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us 
from evil : for Thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, forever. 
Amen. 

For if ye forgive men 
their tiespasses, your 



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heavenly Father will 



"5 
also 
forgive you : 

But if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will 
your Father forgive your 
trespasses. 

Moreover when ye fast, 
be not, as the hypocrites, 
of a sad countenance : for 
they disfigure their faces, 
that they may appear unto 
men to fast. Verily I say 
unto you, They have their 
reward. 

But thou, when thou 
fastest, anoint thine head, 
and wash thy face ; 

That thou appear not 
unto men to fast, but unto 
thy Father which is in 
secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret shall 
reward thee openly. 

Lay not up for yourselves 
treasures upon earth, where 
moth and rust doth corrupt 
and where thieves break 
through and steal : 

But lay up for yourselves 



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treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth 
corrupt, and where thieves 
do not break through nor 
steal : 

For where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be 
also. 

The light of the body is 
the eye : if therefore thine 
eye be single, thy whole 
body shall be full of light. 

But if thine eye be evil, 
thy whole body shall be full 
of darkness. If therefore the 
light that is in thee be dark- 
ness, how great is that 
darkness ! 

^[ No man can serve two 
masters : for either he will 
hate the one, and love the 
other ; or else he will hold 
to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon. 

Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your 
life, what ye shall eat, or 



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what ye shall drink ; nor 
yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the 
life more than meat, and the 
body than raiment ? 

Behold the fowls of the 
air : for they sow not, 
neither do they reap, nor 
gather into barns ; yet your 
heavenly Father f e e d e t h 
them. Are ye not much 
better than they ? 

Which of you by taking 
thought can add one cubit 
unto his stature ? 

And why take ye thought 
for raiment ? Consider the 
lilies of the field, how they 
grow ; they toil not, neither 
do they spin : 

And yet I say unto you, 
That even Solomon in all 
his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these. 

Wherefore, if God so 
clothe the grass of the field, 
which to day is, and to- 
morrow is cast into the oven, 
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you, O 3'e of little faith ? 
Therefore take no 
thought, saying, What shall 
we eat? or, What shall we 
drink? or , Wherewithal 
shall we be clothed ? 

(For after all these things 
do the Gentiles seek : ) for 
your heavenly Father 
knoweth that ye have need 
of all these things. 

But seek ye first the 
kingdom of God, and His 
righteousness ; and all these 
things shall be added unto 
you. 

Take therefore no thought 
for the morrow : for the 
morrow shall take thought 
for the things of itself. 
Sufficient unto the day is 
the evil thereof. 

•~ Judge not, that ye be 
not judged. 

For with what judgment 
ye judge, ye shall be 
judged: and with what 
measure ye mete, it 



shall be measured to you 
again. 

And why beholdest thou 
the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye, but consider- 
est not the beam that is in 
thine own eye ? 

Or how wilt thou say to 
thy brother, Let me pull 
out the mote out of thine 
eye ; and, behold, a beam 
is in thine own eye ? 

Thou hypocrite, first cast 
out the beam out of thine 
own eye ; and then shalt 
thou see clearly to cast out 
the mote out of thy brother's 
eye. 

Give not that which is 
holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before 
swine, lest they trample 
them under their feet, and 
turn again and rend you. 

Ask , and it shall be given 
you ; seek, and ye shall 
find ; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you : 

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receiveth ; and he that 
seeketh findeth ; and to him 
that knocketh it shall be 
opened. 

Or what man is there of 
you, whom if his son ask 
bread, will he give him a 
stone ? 

Or if he ask a fish, will 
he give him a serpent ? 

If ye then, being evil, 
know how to give good 
gifts unto your children, 
how much more shall your 
Father which is in heaven 
give good things to them 
that ask him ? 

Therefore all things 
whatsoever ye would that 
men should do to you, do 
ye even so to them: for this 
is the law and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the strait 
gate : for wide is the gate, 
and broad is the way, that 
leadeth to destruction, and 
many there be which go in 
thereat : 

Because strait is the gate, 



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and narrow is the way, 
which leadeth unto life, 
and few there be that find 
it. 

Beware of false prophets, 
which come to you in sheep's 
clothing, but inwardly they 
are ravening w r olves. 

Ye shall know them by 
their fruits ; for every tree 
is known by his own fruit. 
Of thorns men do not gather 
figs, nor of a bramble bush 
gather they grapes. 

Even so every good tree 
bringeth forth good fruit ; 
but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit : 

A good tree cannot bring 
forth evil fruit, neither can 
a corrupt tree bring forth 
good fruit. 

A good man out of the 
good treasure of his heart 
bringeth forth that which is 
good ; and an evil man out 
of the evil treasure of his 
heart bringeth forth that 
which is evil : for of the 



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abundance of the heart his 
mouth speaketh. 

Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. 

Every tree that bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the Are. 

And why call ye me, 
Lord, Lord, and do not the 
things which I say ? 

Not every one that saith 
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of 
heaven ; but he that doeth 
the will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

Many will say to me in 
that day, Lord, Lord, have 
we not prophesied in thy 
name? and in Thy name 
have cast out devils ? and in 
thy name done many 
wonderful works ? 

And then will I profess 
unto them, I never knew 
you : depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

Therefore whosoever 



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heareth these sayings of 



mine, and doeth them, I 
will liken him unto a wise 
man, which built his house 
upon a rock : 

And the rain descended, 
and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon 
that house : and it fell not : 
for it was founded upon a 
rock. 

And every one that 
heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them not, 
shall be likened unto a 
foolish man, which built his 
house upon the sand : 

And the rain descended, 
and the floods came, and the 
winds blew, and beat upon 
that house ; and it fell : and 
great was the fall of it. 

And it came to pass, when 
Jesus had ended these say- 
ings, the people were 
astonished at His doctrine : 

For He taught them as 
one having authority, and 
not as the scribes. 



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CHAPTER XIII. 



HEALTH THE CENTURION'S 
SERVANT 

NOW when He had 
ended all His sayings 
in the audience of the 
people, He entered into 
Capernaum. 

And a certain centurion's 
servant, who was dear unto 
him, was sick, and ready to 
die. 

And when he heard of 
Jesus, He sent unto Him 
the elders of the Jews, 
beseeching Him that He 
would come and heal his 
servant. 

And when they came to 
Jesus, they besought Him 
instantly, saying, That he 
was worthy for whom He 
should do this : 

For he loveth our nation, 
and he hath built us a 
synagogue. 

Then Jesus went with 



them. And when He was 
now not far from the house, 
the centurion sent friends 
to Him, saying unto Him, 
Lord, trouble not thyself ; 
for I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest enter under 
my roof : 

Wherefore neither 
thought I myself worthy to 
come uuto thee : but say in a 
word, and my servant shall 
be healed. 

For I also am a man set 
under authority, having 
under me soldiers, and I say 
unto one, Go, and he goeth ; 
and to another, Come, and 
he cometh ; and to my ser- 
vant, Do this, and he doeth 
it 

When Jesus heard these 
things, He marvelled, and 
turned Him about, and 
said unto the people that 
followed Him, I say unto 
you, I have not found so 
great faith, no, not in 
Israel. 




m^Mw^miw^riHii 



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And I say unto you, 
That many shall come from 
the east and west, and shall 
sit down with Abraham, 
and Isaac, and Jacob, in 
the kingdom of heaven : 

But the children of the 
kingdom shall be cast out 
into outer darkness ; there 
shall be weeping and gnash- 
ing of teeth. 

And they that were sent,, 
returning to the house, 
found the servant whole 
that had been sick. 

RAISETH FROM DEATH THE 
WIDOW'S SON. 

^j And it came to pass 
the day after, that He went 
into a city called Nain ; and 
many of His disciples went 
with Him, and much 
people. 

Now when He came nigh 
to the gate of the city be- 
hold, there was a dead man 
carried out; the only son of 
his mother, and she was a 



widow ; and much people 
of the city was with her. 

And when the Lord saw 
her, He had compassion on 
her, and said unto her, 
Weep not. 

And He came and touched 
the bier ; and they that 
bare him stood still. And 
He said, Young man, I say 
unto thee, Arise. 

And he that was dead sat 
up, and began to speak. 
And He delivered him to 
his mother. 

And there came a fear on 
all ; and they glorified God, 
saying, That a great 
prophet is risen up among 
us ; and, that God hath vis- 
ited His people. 

And this rumor of Him 
went forth throughout all 
Judea, and throughout all 
the region round about. 

And the disciples of John 
shewed him of all these 
things. And when John 
had heard of the works of 



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Christ, he, calling unto him 
in the prison two of his 
disciples, sent them to Jesus, 
saying, Art thou He that 
should come ? or look we 
for another ! 

When the men were 
come unto Him, they said, 
John Baptist hath sent us 
unto thee saying, Art thou 
He that should come ? or 
look we for another ? 

And in that same hour 
He cured many of their in- 
firmities and plagues, and 
of evil spirits ; and unto 
many that were blind He 
gave sight. 

Then Jesus answering 
said unto them, Go your 
way,, and tell John what 
things ye have seen and 
heard ; how that the blind 
see, the lame walk, the 
lepers are cleansed, the 
deaf hear, the dead are 
raised, to the poor the gos- 
pel is preached. 

And blessed is he y whoso- 



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ever shall not be offended 
in me. 

And when the messen- 
gers of John were departed 
He began to speak unto 
the people concerning John, 
What went ye into the wil- 
derness for to see ? A reed 
shaken with the wind ? 

But what went ye out for 
to see ? A man clothed in 
soft raiment ? Behold, they 
which are gorgeously ap- 
parelled, and live delicately, 
are in king's courts. 

But what went ye out for 
to see ? A prophet ? Yea, I 
say unto you, and much 
more than a prophet. 

This is he, of whom it is 
written, Behold, I send my 
messenger before thy face, 
which shall prepare thy way 
before thee. 

For I say unto you, 
Among those that are born 
of women there is not a 
greater prophet than John 
the Baptist : but he that is 




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least in the kingdom of God 
is greater than he. 

And from the days of 
John the Baptist until now 
the kingdom of heaven suf- 
fereth violence, and the 
violent take it by force. 

For all the prophets and 
the law prophesied until 
John. 

And if ye will receive // 
this is Elias, which was for 
to come. 

He that hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

And all the people that 
heard Him, and the publi- 
cans, justified God, being 
baptized with the baptism 
of John : 

But the Pharisees and 
lawyers rejected the counsel 
of God against themselves, 
being not baptized of him. 

And the Lord said, where 
unto then shall I liken the 
men of this generation ? and 
to what are they like ? 

Thev are like unto 



children sitting in the 
marketplace, and calling one 
to another, saying, We have 
piped unto you, and ye have 
not danced; we have 
mourned to you. and ye 
have not wept. 

For John the Baptist came 
neither eating bread nor 
drinking wine ; and ye say, 
He hath a devil. 

The Son of Man is come 
eating and drinking ; and 
ye say, Behold a gluttonous 
man, and a winebibber, a 
friend of publicans and 
sinners ! 

But wisdom is justified of 
all her children. 

Then began He to up- 
braid the cities wherein 
most of His mighty works 
were done, because they re- 
pented not : 

Woe, unto thee, Chora- 
zin ! woe unto thee, Beth- 
saida ! for if the mighty 
works, which were done in 
you, had been done in Tyre 



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and Sidon, they would have 
repented long ago in sack- 
cloth and ashes. 

But I say unto you, it 
will be more tolerable 
for Tyre and Sidon at the 
day of judgment, than for 
you. 

And thou Capernaum, 
which art exalted unto 
heaven, shall be brought 
down to hell; for if 
the mighty works, which 
have been done in thee, had 
been done in Sodom, it would 
have remained until this 
day. 

But I say unto you, That 
it shall be more tolerable 
for the land of Sodom in 
the day of judgment, than 
for thee. 

^[ At that time Jesus an- 
swered and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of 
heaven and earth, because 
thou hast hid these things 
from the wise and prudent, 



and hast revealed them 
unto babes. 

Even so, Father ; for so 
it seemed good in thy 
sight. 

All things are delivered 
unto me of my Father : and 
no man knoweth the Son, 
but the Father ; neither 
knoweth any man the 
Father, save the Son, and 
he to whomsoever the Son 
will reveal Him. 

Come unto me, all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, 
and I will give you rest. 

Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me : for I am 
meek and lowly of heart ; 
and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. 

For my yoke is easy, and 
my burden is light. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

JKSUS, SIMON'S GUEvST, 

AND one of the Phari- 
i s e g s desired Him 
that he would eat with him. 



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And He went into the 
Pharisee's house, and sat 
down to meat. 

And, behold, a woman in 
the city, which was a sin- 
ner, when she knew that 
Jesus sat at meat in the 
Pharisee's house, brought 
an alabaster box of oint- 
ment, 

And stood at His feet 
behind Him weeping, and 
began to wash His feet with 
tears, and did wipe them 
with the hairs of her head, 
and kissed His feet, and 
anointed them with the oint- 
ment. 

Now when the Pharisee 
which had bidden Him saw 
iV, he spake within himself > 
saying, This man, if He 
were a prophet, would have 
known who and what man- 
ner of woman this is that 
toucheth Him : for she is a 
sinner. 

And Jesus answering said 
unto him, Simon, I have 



somewhat to say unto thee. 
And he saith, Master, say 
on. 

There was a certain cred- 
itor which had two debtors ; 
the one owed five hundred 
pence, and the other, fifty. 

And when they had noth- 
ing to pay, he frankly for- 
gave them both. Tell me 
therefore, which of them 
will love him most ? 

Simon answered and said, 
I suppose that he, to whom 
he forgave most. And He 
said unto him, Thou hast 
rightly judged. 

And He turned to the 
woman, and said unto Si- 
mon, Seest thou this wo- 
man ? I entered into thine 
house ; thou gavest me no 
water for my feet ; but she 
hath washed my feet 
with tears, and wiped them 
with the hairs of her 
head. 

Thou gavest me no kiss : 
but this woman, since the 



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time I came in, hath not 
ceased to kiss my feet. 

My head with oil thou 
didst not anoint but this 
woman hath anointed my 
feet with ointment. 

Wherefore I say unto 
thee, Her sins, which are 
many, are forgiven ; for 
she loveth much : but to 
whom little is forgiven, the 
same loveth little. 

And He said unto her, 
Thy sins are forgiven. 

And they that sat at 
meat with Him began to 
say within themselves, Who 
is this that forgiveth sins 
also? 

And He said to the 
woman, Thy faith has saved 
thee : go in peace. 

And it came to pass after- 
ward, that He went through- 
out every city and village t 
preaching and shewing the 
glad tidings of the kingdom 
of God : and the twelve were 
with Him. 



And certain women, 
which had been healed of 
evil spirits and infirmities, 
Mary called Magdalene, out 
of whom went seven devils, 

And Joanna the wife of 
Chuza, Herod's steward, 
and Susanna, and many 
others, which ministered 
unto Him of their sub- 
stance ; and they went into 
a house. 

And the multitude cometh 
together again, so that they 
could not so much as eat 
bread. 

And when His friends 
heard of it y they went out 
to lay hold on Him : for 
they said, He is beside Him- 
self. 

% Then was brought unto 
Him one possessed with 
a devil, blind, and dumb : 
and He healed him, inso- 
much that the blind and 
dumb both spake and saw. 

And all the people were 




Mary called Magdalene. 



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amazed, and said, Is not 
this the Son of David ? 

But when the Pharisees, 
and the scribes which came 
down from Jerusalem heard 
it, they said, He hath Beel- 
zebub : and, This fellow doth 
not cast out devils, but by 
Beelzebub, the prince of the 
devils. 

But Jesus knew their 
thoughts ; and He then 
called them unto Him, and 
said unto them in parables, 
How can Satan cast out 
Satan ? 

Every kingdom divided 
against itself is brought to 
desolation, and cannot 
stand: and every city or 
house divided against itself 
shall not stand: 

And if Satan rise up 
against himself, and cast 
out Satan, he is divided 
against himself ; how shall 
then his kingdom stand ? 

And if I by Beelzebub 



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cast out devils, by whom do wherewith soever they shall 



your children cast them out ? 
therefore they shall be your 
judges. 

But if I cast out devils by 
the spirit of God then the 
kingdom of God is come 
unto you. 

Or else, how can one en- 
ter into a strong man's 
house, and spoil his goods, 
except he first bind the 
strong man ? 

When a strong man armed 
keepeth his palace, his goods 
are in peace : but when a 
stronger than he shall come 
upon him, and overcome 
him, he taketh from him all 
armour wherein he trusted, 
and divideth his spoils. 

He that is not with me is 
against me ; and he that 
gathereth not with me scat- 
ter eth abroad. 

Verily, I say unto you, 
All manner of sins shall be 
forgiven unto the sons of 
men, and blasphemies 



146 JESUS OF 

blaspheme : but the blas- 
p h e m y against the Holy 
Ghost shall not be forgiven 
unto men. 

And whosoever speaketh 
a word against the Son of 
Man, it shall be forgiven 
him : but whosoever speak- 
eth against the Holy Ghost, 
it shall not be forgiven him, 
neither in this world, nei- 
ther in the world to come ; 

He that shall blaspheme 
against the Holy Ghost hath 
never forgiveness, but is in 
danger of eternal damna- 
tion. 

(Because they said, He 
hath an unclean spirit). 

Either make the tree 
good, and his fruit good ; or 
else make the tree corrupt, 
or his fruit corrupt : for the 
tree is known by his fruit. 

O generation of vipers, 
how can ye, being evil, 
speak good things ? for out 
of the abundance of the 
heart the mouth speaketh. 



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A good man out of 
the good treasure of the 
heart bringeth forth good 
things: and an evil man 
out of the evil treasure 
bringeth forth evil things. 

But I say unto you, That 
every idle word that men 
shall speak, they shall give 
account thereof in the day 
of judgment. 

For by thy words thou 
shalt be justified, and by 
thy words thou shalt be 
condemned. 

1j T h e n certain of the 
scribes and of the Pharisees 
answered, saying, Master, 
we would see a sign from 
thee. 

But He answered and 
said unto them, An evil and 
adulterous generation seek- 
eth after a sign ; and there 
shall no sign be given to it, 
bnt the sign of the prophet 
Jonas ; 

For as Jonas was three 



days and three nights in 
the whale's belly ; so 
shall the Son of Man 
be three days and three 
nights in the heart of the 
earth. 

The m e n of Xinevah 
shall rise in judgment with 
this generation, and shall 
condemn it : because they 
repented at the preaching 
of Jonas ; and, behold, a 
greater than Jonas is here. 

The queen of the south 
shall rise up in the judg- 
ment with this generation, 
and shall condemn it : for 
she came from the utter- 
most parts of the earth to 
hear the wisdom of Solo- 
mon ; and, behold, a greater 
than Solomon is here. 

No man, when he hath 
lighted a candle, covereth 
it with a vessel, or put- 
teth it under a bed ; but 
setteth it on a candlestick, 
that they which enter in 
may see the light. 



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The light of the body is 
the eye : therefore when 
thine eye is single, thy 
whole body also is full of 
light ; but when thine eye is 
evil, thy body also is full of 
darkness. 

Take heed therefore, that 
the light which is in thee be 
not darkness. 

If thy whole body there- 
fore be full of light, having 
no part dark, the whole 
shall be full of light, as 
when the bright shining of 
a candle doth give thee 
light. 

When the unclean spirit 
is gone out of a man, he 
walketh through dry places, 
seeking rest ; and finding 
none, he saith, I will return 
unto my house whence I 
came out. 

And when he cometh, he 
fmdeth it swept and gar- 
nished. 

Then goeth he and taketh 
with himself seven other 



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spirits more wicked than 
himself, and they enter in 
and dwell there : and the 
last state of that man is 
worse than the first; Even 
so shall it be also unto this 
wicked generation. 

And it came to pass, as 
He spake these things, a 
certain woman of the com- 
pany lifted up her voice, 
aud said unto Him, Blessed 
is the womb that bare thee, 
and the paps which thou 
hast sucked ! 

But He said, Yea, rather 
blessed are they that hear 
the word of God and keep 
it. 

While He yet talked to 
the people, behold, His 
mother and His brethren 
stood without, desiring to 
speak with Him, and could 
not come at Him for the 
press ; and, standing with- 
out, sent unto Him, calling 
Him. 

And the multitude sat 



about Him, and one said 
unto Him, Behold thy 
mother and thy brethren 
without seek for thee, de- 
siring to speak with 
thee. 

But He answered and 
said unto him that told 
Him, Who is my mother? 
and who are my brethren ? 

And He stretched forth 
His hand toward His dis- 
ciples, and said, Behold my 
mother and my brethren ! 

For whosoever shall do the 
will of my Father which is 
in heaven, the same is my 
brother, and sister, and 
mother. 

My mother and my 
brethren are these which 
hear the word of God, and 
do it. 

CHAPTER XV. 

AND as He spake a cer- 
tain Pharisee besought 
Him to dine with him ; and 



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He went in, and sat down 
to meat. 

And when the Pharisee 
saw it, he marvelled that 
He had not first washed be- 
fore dinner. 

And the Lord said nnto 
him, Now do ye Phari- 
sees make clean the outside 
of the cup and the platter ; 
but your inward part is full 
of ravening and wicked- 
ness. 

Ye fools ! did not He 
that made that which is 
without, make that which 
is within also ? 

But rather give alms of 
such things as ye have ; 
and, behold, all things are 
clean unto you. 

But woe unto you Phari- 
sees ! for ye tithe mint and 
rue and all manner of 
herbs, and pass over judg- 
ment and the love of God : 
these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other 
undone. 



149 
you, Phari- 



Woe unto 
sees ! for ye love the upper- 
most seats in the synagogues 
and greetings in the 
markets. 

Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye are as graves which ap- 
pear not, and the men that 
walk over them are not aware 
of them. 

Then answered one of the 
lawyers, and saiduntoHim, 
Master, thus saying, thou 
reproachest us also. 

And He said, Woe unto 
you also, ye lawyers ! for ye 
lade men with burdens 
grievous to be borne, and 
ye yourselves touch not the 
burdens with one of your 
fingers. 

Woe unto you ! for ye 
build the sepulchres of the 
prophets, and your fathers 
killed them. 

Truly ye bear witness 
that ye allow the deeds of 
3 T our fathers : for they in- 



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deed killed them, and ye 
build their sepulchres. 

Therefore also said the 
wisdom of God, I will send 
them prophets and apostles, 
and some of them they shall 
slay and persecute : 

That the blood of all the 
prophets, which was shed 
from the foundation of the 
world, may be required of 
this generation ; 

From the blood of Abel 
unto the blood of Zacharias, 
which perished between the 
altar and the temple : verily 
I say unto you, It shall be 
required of this generation. 

Woe unto you, lawyers ! 
for ye have taken away the 
key of knowledge: ye 
entered not in yourselves, 
and them that were enter- 
ing in ye hindered. 

And as He said these 
things unto them, the 
scribes and the Pharisees 
began to urge Him vehe- 
mently, and to provoke 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 



Him to speak of many 
things. 

Laying wait for Him, and 
seeking to catch something 
out of His mouth, that they 
might accuse Him. 

In the mean time when 
there were gathered to- 
gether an innumerable mul- 
titude of people, insomuch 
that they trode one upon 
another, He began to say 
unto His disciples first of 
all, Beware ye of the leaven 
of the Pharisees, which is 
hypocrisy. 

For there is nothing cov- 
ered, that shall not be re- 
vealed : neither hid, that 
shall not be known. 

Therefore, whatsoever ye 
have spoken in darkness 
shall be heard in the light ; 
and that which ye have 
spoken in the ear in closets 
shall be proclaimed upon 
the housetops. 

And I say unto you, my 
friends, Be not afraid oi 



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them that kill the body, 
and after that have no more 
that they can do. 

But I will forewarn you 
whom ye shall fear, Fear 
Him, which after He hath 
killed hath power to cast 
into hell ; yea, I say unto 
you, Fear Him ! 

Are not five sparrows 
sold for two farthings ? and 
not one of them is forgotten 
before God. 

But even the very hairs 
of your head are all num- 
bered. Fear not therefore : 
ye are of more value than 
many sparrows. 

Also I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall confess me 
before men, him shall the 
Son of Man also confess be- 
fore the angels of God. 

But he that denieth me 
before men shall be denied 
before the angels of God. 

And when they bring 
you unto the synagogues, 
and unto magistrates, and 



powers, take ye no thought 
how or what thing ye shall 
answer, or what ye shall 
say : for the Holy Ghost 
shall teach you in the same 
hour what ye ought to say. 

*~ And one of the com- 
pany said unto Him, Master 
speak to my brother, that 
he divide the inheritance 
with me. 

And He said unto him, 
Man, who made me a judge 
or a divider over you ? 

And He said unto them, 
Take heed, and beware of 
covetousness : for a man's 
life consisteth not in the 
abundance of the things 
which he possesseth. 

And He spake a parable 
unto them, saying, The 
ground of a certain rich 
man brought forth plenti- 
fully : 

And he thought within 
himself, saying, What shall 
I do, because I have no 



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room where to bestow my 
fruits ? 

And he said, This will I 
do : I will pull down my 
barns, and build greater ; 
and there will I bestow 
all my fruits and my 
goods. 

And I will say to my soul. 
Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years ; 
take thine ease, eat, drink, 
and be merry. 

But God said unto him, 
thou fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of 
thee : then whose shall those 
things be, which thou hast 
provided ? 

So Is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is 
not rich toward God. 

And He said unto His 
disciples, Therefore I say 
unto you, Take no thought 
for your life, what ye shall 
eat ; neither for the body, 
what ye shall put on. 

The life is more than 



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meat, and the body is ?nore 
than raiment. 

Consider the ravens : for 
they neither sow nor reap ; 
which neither have store- 
house nor barn ; and God 
feedeth them : how much 
more are ye better than the 
fowls ? 

And which of you with 
taking thought can add to 
his stature one cubit ? 

If ye then be not able to 
do that thing which is least, 
why take ye thought for 
the rest ? 

Consider the lilies how they 
grow : they toil not, they 
spin not ; and yet I say 
unto you, that Solomon in 
all his glory was not ar- 
rayed like one of these. 

If then God so clothe the 
grass, which is to-day in the 
field, and to-morrow is cast 
in to the oven ; how much 
more will He clothe you, O 
ye of little faifh ? 

And seek not ye what ye 




'They toil not, neither do they spin. 



shall eat, or what ye shall 
drink, neither be ye of 
doubtful mind. 

For all these things do 
the nations of the world 
seek after : and your Father 
knoweth that ye have need 
of these things. 

But rather seek ye the 
kingdom of God ; and all 
these things shall be added 
unto you. 

Fear not, little flock ; for 
it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the 
kingdom. 

Sell that 
give alms ; 



ye have, and 
provide your- 
selves bags which wax not 
old, a treasure in the heav- 
ens that failest not, where 
no thief approacheth, nei- 
ther moth corrupteth. 

For where your treasure 
is, there will your heart be 
also. 

Let your loins be girded 
about, and your lights burn- 
ing ; and }^e yourselves like 



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unto men that wait for their 
lord, when he will return 
from the wedding ; that 
when he cometh and knock - 
eth, they may open unto 
him immediately. 

Blessed are those servants, 
whom the lord when he 
cometh shall find watching ! 
verily I say unto you, 
That he shall gird him- 
self, and make them to 
sit down to meat, and 
will come forth and serve 
them. 

And if he shall come in 
the second watch, or come 
in the third watch, and find 
the?n so, blessed are those 
servants ! 

And this know, that if 
the goodman of the house 
had known what hour the 
thief would come, he would 
have watched, and not have 
suffered his house to be 
broken through. 

Be ye t h e r e f o r e ready 
also ; for the Son of Man 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



cometh at an hour when ye 
think not. 

Then Peter said unto Him, 
I^ord, speakest thou this 
parable unto us, or even to 
all? 

And the Iyord said, Who 
then is that faithful and 
wise steward, whom his 
lord shall make ruler over 
his household, to give them 
their portion of meat in due 
season ? 

Blessed is that servant, 
whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing ! 

Of a truth I say unto 
you, that he will make him 
ruler over all that he hath. 

But and if that servant 
say in his heart, my lord 
delayeth his coming ; and 
shall begin to beat the men- 
servants and maidens, and 
to eat and drink, and to be 
drunken ; 

The lord of that servant 
will come in a day when he 
looketh not for him, and at an 



hour when he is not aware, 
and will cut him in sunder, 
and will appoint him his 
portion with the unbeliev- 
ers. 

And that servant, which 
knew his lord's will, and 
prepared not himself, neither 
did according to his will, 
shall be beaten with many 
stripes. 

But he that knew not, and 
did commit things worthy of 
stripes shall be beaten with 
few stripes. For unto whom- 
soever much is given, of him 
shall be much required : and 
to whom men have commit- 
ted much, of him they will 
ask the more. 

I am come to send fire on 
the earth ; and what will I, 
if it be already kindled ? 

But I have a baptism to 
be baptized with ; and how 
am I straitened till it be ac- 
complished ! 

Suppose ye that I am 
come to give peace on earth? 



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I tell you, Nay ; but rather 
division : for from hence- 
forth there shall be five in 
one house divided, three 
against two, and two against 
three. 

The father shall be divi- 
ded against the son, and the 
son against the father ; the 
mother against the daugh- 
t e r , and the daughter 
against the mother ; the 
mother-in-law against her 
daughter-in-law, and the 
daughter-in-law against her 
mother-in-law. 

And He said also to the 
people, When ye see a cloud 
rise out of the west, 
straightway ye say, There 
cometh a shower ; and so 
it is. 

And when ye see the 
south wind blow, ye say, 
There will be heat ; and it 
cometh to pass. 

Ye hypocrites, ye can dis- 
cern the face of the skv and 



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this 



of the earth ; but how is it sinners above all the Gali- 



that ye do not discern 
time? 

Yea, and why even of 
yourselves judge y e not 
what is right ? 

When thou goest with 
thine adversary to the mag- 
istrate, as thou art in the 
way, give diligence that 
thou mayest be delivered 
from him ; lest he hale 
thee to the judge, and the 
judge deliver thee to the 
officer, and the officer cast 
thee into prison. 

I tell thee, thou shalt 
not depart thence, till 
thou hast paid the very last 
mite. 

There were present at 
that season some that told 
Him of the Galileans, whose 
blood Pilate had mingled 
with their sacrifices. 

ind Jesus answering said 
unto them, Suppose ye 
that these Galileans were 



158 JESUS OF 

leans, because they suffered 
such things ? 

I tell you, Nay : but, ex- 
cept ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. 

Or those eighteen, upon 
whom the tower in Siloam 
fell, and slew them, think 
ye that they were sinners 
above all men that dwelt in 
Jerusalem ? 

I tell you, Nay : but, ex- 
cept ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. 

He spake also this par- 
able : A certain man had a 
fig tree planted in his vine- 
yard ; and he came and 
sought fruit thereon, and 
found none. 

Then said he unto the 
dresser of his vineyard, Be- 
hold, these three years I 
come seeking fruit on this 
fig tree, and find none : 
cut it down ; why cumber- 
eth it the ground ? 

And he answering said 
unto him, Lord, let it alone 



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this year also, till 1 shall 
dig about it, and dung it: 
and if it bear fruit, well : 
and if not, then after that 
thou shalt cut it down. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

THE PARABLES 

THE same day went 
Jesus out of the house, 
and sat by the sea side. 

And great multitudes 
were gathered together unto 
Him, so that He went into 
a ship, and sat ; and the 
whole multitude stood on 
the shore. 

And He spake many things 
unto them in parables, say- 
ing, Behold, a sower went 
forth to sow ; 

And when he sowed, 
vSome seeds fell by the way 
side, and the fowls came 
and devoured them up : 

Some fell upon stony 
places, where they had not 
much earth : and forthwith 




4 Behold a sower went forth to sow.' 



they sprung up, because 
they had no deepness of 
earth : 

And when the sun was 
up, they were scorched ; 
and because they had no 
root, they withered away. 

And some fell among 
thorns ; and the thorns 
sprung up, and choked 
them : 

But other fell into good 
ground, and brought forth 
fruit, some a hundredfold, 
some sixty fold, some thirty- 
fold. 

Who hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

Another parable put He 
forth unto them, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is 
likened unto a man which 
sowed good seed in his 
field ; but while men slept, 
his enemy came and sowed 
tares among the wheat, and 
went his way. 

But when the blade was 
sprung up, and brought 



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forth fruit, then appeared 
the tares also. 

So the servants of the 
householder came and said 
unto him, Sir, didst not 
thou sow good seed in thy 
field? from whence then 
hath it tares ? 

He said unto them, An 
enemy has done this. The 
servants said unto him, 
Wilt thou then that we go 
and gather them up ? 

But he said, Nay ; lest 
while ye gather up the tares 
ye root up also the wheat 
with them. 

Let both grow together 
until the harvest : and in 
the time of harvest I will 
say to the reapers, Gather 
ye together first the tares, 
and bind them in bundles 
to burn them : but gather 
the wheat into my barn. 

And He said, So is the 
kingdom of God, as if a 
man should cast seed into 
the ground ; and should 



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sleep, and rise night and 
day and the seed should 
spring and grow up, he 
knoweth not how. 

For the earth bringeth 
forth fruit of herself ; first 
the blade, then the ear, 
after that the full corn in 
the ear. 

But when the fruit is 
brought forth, immediately 
he putteth in the sickle, be- 
cause the harvest is come. 

^j Another parable put 
He forth unto them, say- 
ing, the kingdom of heaven 
is like to a grain of must- 
ard seed, which a man took 
and sowed in his field : 

Which indeed is the least 
of all seeds : but when it is 
grown, it is the greatest 
among herbs, and becometh 
a tree, so that the birds of 
the air come and lodge in 
the branches thereof. 

^[Another parable spake 



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He unto them : The king- 
dom of heaven is like unto 
leaven, which a woman 
took, and hid in three 
measures of meal, till the 
whole was leavened. 

All these things spake 
Jesus unto the multitude in 
parables ; and without a 
parable spake He not unto 
them 

That it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the 
prophet, saying, I will open 
my mouth in parables ; I 
will utter things which 
have been kept secret from 
the foundation of the 
world. 

Who hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

And the disciples came, 
and said unto Him, Why 
speakest thou unto them in 
parables ? 

He answered and said 
unto them, Because it is 
given unto you to know the 
mysteries of the kingdom 



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of heaven, but to them it is 
not given. 

For whosoever hath, to 
him shall be given, and he 
shall have more abundance : 
but whosoever hath not, 
from him shall be taken 
away even that he hath. 

Therefore speak I to them 
in parables : because they 
seeing see not ; and hearing 
they hear not, neither do 
they understand. 

And in them is fulfilled 
the prophecy of Esaias, 
which saith, By hearing ye 
shall hear, and shall not 
understand ; and seeing ye 
shall see, and shall not per- 
ceive : 

For this people's heart is 
waxed gross, and their ears 
are dull of hearing, and 
their eyes they have closed ; 
lest at any time they should 
see with their eyes, and 
hear with their ears, and 
should understand with 
their heart, and should be 



BY. 



*t>3 



converted, and I should heal 
them. 

But blessed are your eyes, 
for they see : and your ears 
for they hear. 

For verily I say unto 
you, That many prophets 
and righteous men have de- 
sired to see those things which 
ye see, and have not seen 
them ; and to hear those 
things which ye hear, and 
have not heard them. 

Hear ye therefore the 
parable of the sower. 

When any one heareth 
the word of the kingdom, 
and understandeth /*/ not, 
then cometh the wicked 
one, and catcheth away that 
which was sown in his 
heart. This is he which re- 
ceived seed by the way 
side. 

But he that received the 
seed into stony places, the 
same is he that heareth the 
word, and anon with joy 
receiveth it ; 



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Yet hath he not root in 
himself, but dureth for a 
while : for when tribula- 
tion or persecution ariseth 
because of the word, by 
and by he is offended. 

He also that received 
seed among the thorns is he 
that heareth the word ; and 
the care of this world, and 
the deceit fulness of riches, 
choke the word, and he be- 
cometh unfruitful. 

But he that received seed 
into the good ground is he 
that heareth the word, and 
understandeth */ / which 
also beareth fruit, and bring- 
eth forth some a hundredfold 
some sixty, some thirty. 

And He said unto them, 
No man, when he hath 
lighted a candle, cover eth 
it with a vessel, or putteth 
it under a bushel, or under 
a bed ; but setteth // on a 
candlestick, that they which 
enter in may see the light. 

For nothing is secret, that 



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shall not be made manifest ; 
neither any thing hid that 
shall not be known and 
come abroad. 

Take heed therefere how 
ye hear, and w r hat ye hear. 

With w T hat measure ye 
mete, it shall be measured 
to you ; and unto you that 
hear, shall more be given. 

For w r hosoever hath, to 
him shall be given ; and 
whosoever hath not, from 
him shall be taken even that 
which he seemeth to have. 

And the disciples said 
Declare unto us the parable 
of the tares of the field. 

He answered and said 
unto them, He that soweth 
the good seed is the Son of 
Man ; 

The field is the world ; 
the good seed are the chil- 
dren of the kingdom ; but 
the tares are the children of 
the wicked one ; 

The enemy that sowed 
them is the devil ; the har- 



vest is the end of 
world ; and the reapers are 
the angels. 

As therefore the tares are 
gathered and burned in the 
fire ; so shall it be in the 
end of this world. 

The Son of Man shall 
send forth His angels, and 
they shall gather out of His 
kingdom all things that 
offend, and them which do 
iniquity ; and shall cast 
them into a furnace of fire : 
there shall be wailing and 
gnashing of teeth. 

Then shall the righteous 
shine forth as the sun in the 
kingdom of their Father. 
Who hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

Again, the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto treasure 
hid in a field ; the which 
when a man hath found, he 
hideth, and for joy thereof 
goeth, and selleth all that 
he hath, and buyeth that 
field. 



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Again, the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto a 
merchantman, seeking 
goodly pearls : 

Who, when he had found 
one pearl of great price, 
went and sold all that he 
had, and bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto a net, 
that was cast into the sea, 
and gathered of every 
kind : 

Which, when it was full, 
they drew to shore, and 
sat down, and gathered the 
good into vessels, but cast 
the bad away. 

So shall it be at the end 
of the world : the angels 
shall come forth, and sever 
the wicked from among 
the just. 

And shall cast them into 
the furnace of fire : there 
shall be wailing and gnash- 
ing of teeth. 

Jesus saith unto them, 
Have ye understood all 



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these things ? They say unto 
Him, Yea, Lord. 

Then said He unto them, 
Therefore every scribe 
which is instructed unto the 
kingdom of heaven, is like 
unto a man that is a house- 
holder, which bringeth forth 
out of his treasure things 
new and old. 

And it came to pass, that 
when Jesus had finished 
these parables, He departed 
thence. 

And the same day when 
the even was come, when 
Jesus saw great multitudes 
about Him, He entered into 
a ship with His disciples, 
and gave commandment 
to depart unto the other 
side. 

And a certain scribe came 
and said unto Him, Master, 
I will follow thee whither- 
soever thou goest. 

And Jesus saith unto him, 
Foxes have holes, and birds 
of the air have nests ; but 



the Son of Man hath not 
where to lay His head. 

And He said unto 
another, Follow me. But 
he said, Lord, suffer me 
first to go and bury my 
father. 

Jesus said unto him, Let 
the dead bury their dead : 
but go thou and preach the 
kingdom of God. 

And another also said, 
Lord, I will follow thee ; but 
let me first go bid them fare- 
well, which are at home at 
my house. 

And Jesus said unto him, 
No man, having put his 
hand to the plough, and 
looking back, is fit for the 
kingdom of God. 

CHAPTER XVII, 

HE STII^EST THE TKMPEST. 

AND the same day, when 
the even was come, 
He saith unto them, Let us 
pass over unto the other side. 




'Peace, Be Still.' 



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And when they had sent 
away the multitude, they 
took Him even as He was 
in the ship. And there 
Were also with Him other 
little ships. 

And there arose a great 
storm of wind, and the 
waves beat into the ship, so 
that it was now full. 

And He was in the hinder 
part of the ship asleep on a 
pillow : and they awake Him, 
and say unto Him, Master, 
carest thou not that we per- 
ish ? 

And He arose, and re- 
buked the wind, and said 
unto the sea, Peace, be 
still. And the wind ceased, 
and there was a great calm. 

And He said unto them, 
Why are ye so fearful? 
how is it that ye have no 
faith? 

And the3 r feared exceed- 
ingly, and said one to 
another, What manner of 
man is this, that even 



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the wind and the sea obey 
Him. 

HE CASTETH OUT DEVIES. 



And they came over unto 
the other side of the sea, 
into the country of the 
Gadarenes, which is over 
against Galilee. 

And when He was come 
out of the ship, imme- 
diately there met Him com- 
ing out of the tombs, a 
certain man with an un- 
clean spirit, exceeding 
fierce, so that no man 
might pass by that way ; 
which had devils long time, 
and ware no clothes, neither 
abode in any house, but had 
his dwelling among the 
tombs. 

And no man could bind 
him, no, not with chains : 
because that he had been 
often bound with fetters 
and chains, and the chains 
had been plucked asunder 
by him, and the fetters 



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broken in pieces : neither 
could any man tame him. 

And always, night and 
day, he was in the moun- 
tains, and in the tombs, 
crying, and cutting himself 
with stones. 

But when he saw Jesus 
afar off, he ran and fell 
down before Him, and wor- 
shipped Him ; 

And cried with a loud 
voice, and said, What have 
I to do with thee, Jesus, 
thou Son of the most high 
God ? Art thou come hither 
to torment us before the 
time? I beseech thee, I 
adjure thee by God, that 
thou torment me not. 

(For He said unto Him, 
Come out of the man, thou 
unclean spirit. For often- 
times it had caught him : 
and he was kept bound 
with chains and fetters ; 
and he brake the bands, 
and was driven of the devil 
into the wilderness. ) 



NAZARETH 

And Jesus asked him, What 
is thy name ? And he ans- 
wered, saying, My name is 
Legion : for we are many. 
(Because many devils were 
entered into him.) 

And they besought Him 
much that He would not 
send them away out of the 
country, and that He would 
not command them to go 
out into the deep. 

Now there was a good 
way off from them, nigh 
unto the mountains, a great 
herd of swine feeding. 

And all the devils be- 
sought Him, saying, If thou 
cast us out, suffer us to go 
away into the herd of swine, 
that we may enter into 
them. 

HE PERMITTETH THE DE- 
VILS TO ENTER INTO 
SWINE. 

And forthwith Jesus gave 
them leave, and said 111**0 
them, Go. 



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Then went the devils out 
of the man, and entered 
into the swine : and, be- 
hold, the whole herd of 
swine ran violently down a 
steep place into the sea, 
(they were about two thou- 
sand, ) and were choked in 
the sea, and perished. 

When they that fed the 
swine saw what was done, 
they fled, and went their 
ways into the city and 
country, and told every 
thing, and what was be- 
fallen to the possessed of 
the devils. 

And, behold, the whole 
city went out to meet Jesus, 
and to see what it was that 
was done. 

And they come to Jesus, 
and see him that was pos- 
sessed w T ith the devils, 
and had the legion, sitting 
at the feet of Jesus, clothed, 
and in his right mind : and 
they were afraid. 

They also which saw it. 



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told them by what means 
he that was possessed of the 
devils was healed, and also 
concerning the swine. 

Then the whole multi- 
tude of the country of the 
Gadarenes round about, be- 
sought Jesus that He 
would depart out of their 
coasts ; (for they were 
taken with great fear : ) and 
He went up into the ship 
and returned back again. 

And when He was come 
into the ship, the man out 
of whom the devils were 
departed, besought Him that 
he might be with Him: 

Howbeit Jesus suffered 
him not, but saith unto 
him, Go home to thy 
friends, and tell them how 
great things the Lord hath 
done for thee, and hath had 
compassion on thee. 

And he departed, and 
began to publish in Deca- 
polis and throughout the 
whole city how great things 



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Jesus had done for him : 
and all men did marvel. 

And when Jesus was 
passed over again by ship 
unto the other side, into 
His own city, the people 
gladly received Him : for 
they w r ere all waiting for 
Him. 

hk heai^eth THK WO- 
MAN, AND RAISKTH FROM 
DKATH JAIRUS' DAUGH- 
TER, 

And, behold, there came 
a man named Jairus, and 
he was a r u 1 e r of the 
synagogue; and he fell down 
at Jesus' feet, and besought 
Him that He would come 
into his house : 

For he had one only 
daughter, about twelve 
years of age, and she lay a 
dying. But as He went 
the people thronged Him. 

^[ And a woman having 
an issue of blood twelve 



years, which had spent all 
her living upon physicians, 
neither could be healed of 
any. 

Came behind Him, and 
touched the border of His 
garment : and immediately 
her issue of blood stanched. 

And Jesus said, Who 
touched me ? When all 
denied, Peter and they that 
were with Him said, Master 
the multitude throng thee 
and press thee, and say est 
thou, Who touched me? 

And Jesus said, Some- 
body hath touched me : 
for I perceive that virtue is 
gone out of me. 

And when the woman saw 
that she was not hid, she 
came trembling, and falling 
down before Him, she de- 
clared unto Him before all 
the people for what cause 
she had touched Him, and 
how she was healed imme- 
diately. 

And He said unto her, 



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Daughter, be of good com- 
fort : thy faith hath made 
thee whole ; go in peace. 

While He yet spake, there 
cometh one from the ruler 
of the synagogue's house , 
saying to him, Thy daugh- 
ter is dead ; trouble not the 
master. 

But when Jesus heard it y 
He answered him, saying, 
Fear not : believe only, and 
she shall be made whole. 

And when He came into 
the house, He suffered no 
man to go in save Peter, 
and James, and John, and 
the father and the mother 
of the maiden. 

And all wept, and be- 
wailed her : but He said, 
Weep not ; she is not dead, 
but sleepeth. 

And they laughed Him 
to scorn, knowing that she 
was dead. 

But when He had put 
them all out, He taketh the 
father and the mother of 



the damsel, and them that 
were with Him, and enter- 
eth in where the damsel 
was lying. 

And He took her by the 
hand, and called, saying,Tal- 
itha cumi ! (which is, being 
interpreted,) Damsel, I say 
unto thee, arise ! 

And her spirit came 
again, and straightway she 
arose and walked : for she 
was of the age of twelve 
years. And He commanded 
that something should be 
given her to eat. 

And her parents were as- 
tonished with a great as- 
tonishment ; but He 
charged them that they 
should tell no man what 
was done. 

GIVKTH SIGHT TO TWO 
BLIND MBN. 

And when Jesus depart- 
ed thence, two blind men 
followed Him, crying and 



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saying, Thou Son of David 
have mercy on us ! 

And when He was come 
into the house, the blind 
men came to Him : and 
Jesus saith unto them, Be- 
lieve ye that I am able to 
do this : They said unto 
Him, Yea, Lord. 

Then touched He their 
eyes, saying, According to 
your faith be it unto you. 

And their eyes were 
opened ; and Jesus straitly 
charged them, saying, See 
that no man know //. 

But they, when they had 
departed, spread abroad 
His fame in all that coun- 
try. 

HEALETH A DUMB MAN POS- 
SESSED OF A DEVIL. 

As they went out, be- 
hold, they brought to Him 
a dumb man possessed of a 
devil. 

And when the devil was 
cast out the dumb spake : 



NAZARETH 

and the multitudes mar- 
velled, saying, It was never 
so seen in Israel. 

But the Pharisees said, 
He casteth out devils 
through the prince of the 
devils. 

And Jesus went about all 
the cities and villages, 
teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the 
gospel of the kingdom, and 
healing every sickness and 
every disease among the 
people. 

But when He saw the 
multitudes, He was moved 
with compassion on them, 
because they fainted, and 
were scattered abroad, as 
sheep having no shepherd. 

Then saith He unto His 
disciples, The harvest truly 
is plenteous, but the labour- 
ers are few. 

Pray ye therefore the Lord 
of the harvest, that He will 
send forth labourers into 
His harvest. 




And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, 

and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every 

sickness and every disease among the people. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 

CHRIST SENDETH OUT HIS 
TWELVE APOSTLES. 

AND when He had called 
unto Him His twelve 
disciples, He gave them 
power against unclean spir- 
its, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of sick- 
ness and all manner of 
disease. 

These twelve Jesus sent 
forth, and commanded 
them, saying, Go not into 
the way of the Gentiles, 
and into any city of the 
Samaritans enter ye not : 

But go rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of 
Israel. 

And as ye go, preach, 
saying, the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. 

Heal the sick, cleanse the 
lepers, raise the dead, cast 
out devils : freely ye have 
received, freely give. 

Provide neither gold, nor 



silver, nor brass in your 
purses ; 

Nor scrip for your jour- 
ney, neither two coats, nei- 
ther shoes, nor yet staves : 
for the workman is worthy 
of his meat. 

And into whatsoever city 
or town ye shall enter, in- 
quire who in it is worthy ; 
and there abide till ye go 
thence. 

And when ye come into a 
house, salute it. 

And if the house be 
worthy, let your peace 
come upon it ; but if it be 
not worthy, let your peace 
return to you. 

And whosoever shall not 
receive you, nor hear your 
words, when ye depart out 
of that house or city, shake 
off the dust of your feet. 

Verily I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for 
the land of Sodom and Go- 
morrah in the day of judg- 
ment, than for that city. 



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Behold, I send you forth 
as sheep in the midst of 
wolves : be ye therefore 
wise as serpents, and harm- 
less as doves. 

But beware of men : for 
they will deliver you up to 
the councils, and they will 
scourge you in their syna- 
gogues ; 

And ye shall be brought 
before governors and kings 
for my sake, for a testimony 
against them and the Gen- 
tiles. 

But when they deliver 
you up, take no thonght 
how or what ye shall speak : 
for it shall be given you in 
that same hour what ye 
shall speak. 

For it is not ye that speak 
but the spirit of your Father 
which speaketh in you. 

And the brother shall de- 
liver up the brother to 
death, and the father the 
child : and the children shall 
rise up against their parents, 



and cause them to be put to 
death. 

And ye shall be hated of 
all men for my name's sake : 
but he that endureth to the 
end shall be saved. 

But when they persecute 
you in this city, flee ye into 
another : for verily I say 
unto you, Ye shall not have 
gone over the cities of Israel, 
till the Son of Man be come. 

The disciple is not above 
his master, nor the servant 
above his lord. 

It is enough for the dis- 
ciple that he be as his 
master, and the servant as 
his lord. If they have 
called the master of the 
house Beelzebub, how much 
more shall they call them of 
his household ? 

Fear them not therefore : 
for there is nothing covered 
that shall not be revealed ; 
and hid, that shall not be 
known. 

What I tell you in dark- 



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ness, that speak ye in light : 
and what ye hear in the 
ear, that preach ye upon the 
housetops. 

And fear not them which 
kill the body, but are not 
ab!e to kill the soul : but 
rather fear Him which is 
able to destroy both soul 
and body in hell. 

Are not two sparrows sold 
for a farthing ? and one of 
them shall not fall on the 
ground without your Father. 

But the very hairs of 
your head are all numbered. 

Fear ye not therefore, ye 
are of more value than 
many sparrows. 

Whosoever therefore 
shall confess me before men, 
him will I confess also be- 
fore my Father which is in 
heaven. 

But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him will I 
also deny before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

Think not that I am 



come to send peace on 
earth : I came not to send 
peace, but a sword. 

For I am come to set a 
man at variance against his 
father, and the daughter 
against her mother, and 
the daughter-in-law against 
her mother-in-law. 

And a man's foes shatlbe 
they of his own household. 

He that loveth father or 
mother more than me is not 
worthy of me : and he that 
loveth son or daughter more 
than me is not worthy of 
me. 

And he that taketh not 
his cross and followeth after 
me, is not worthy of me. 

He that findeth his life 
shall lose it: and he that 
loseth his life for my sake 
shall find it. 

He that receiveth you re- 
ceiveth me ; and he that re- 
ceiveth me receiveth Him 
that sent me. 

He that receiveth a 



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prophet in the name of a 
prophet shall reeeive a 
prophet's reward ; and he 
that receiveth a righteous 
man in the name of a 
righteous man shall re- 
ceive a righteous man's re- 
ward. 

And whosoever shall give 
to drink unto one of these 
little ones a cup of cold 
water only in the name of a 
disciple, verily I say unto 
you, he shall in no wise lose 
his reward. 

^| And it came to pass 
when Jesus had made an 
end of commanding His 
twelve disciples, He de- 
parted thence to teach and 
to preach in their cities. ■ 

And they went out and 
preached that men should 
repent. 

And they cast out many 
devils, and anointed with 
oil many that were sick, 
and healed them. 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 

CHAPTER XIX. 



WHEREFORE JOHN BAPTIST 
WAS BEHEADED. 

AT that time Herod the 
tetrarch heard of the 
fame of Jesus ; (for His 
name was spread abroad ; ) 
and he said, That John the 
Baptist was risen from the 
dead, and therefore mighty 
works do shew forth them- 
selves in him. 

Others said, This is Elias. 
And others said, That it is 
a prophet, or as one of the 
prophets. 

But when Herod heard 
thereof, he said, It is John, 
whom I beheaded : he is 
risen from the dead. 

For Herod himself had 
sent forth and laid hold 
upon John, and bound him 
in prison for Herodias' 
sake, his brother Philip's 
wife ; for he had married 
her. 

For John had said unto 




And the damsel gave it to her mother. 



PASSETH BY, 

Herod, It is not lawful for 
thee to have thy brother's 
wife. 

Therefore Herodias had 
a quarrel against him, and 
would have killed him ; but 
she could not : 

For Herod feared John, 
knowing that he was a just 
man and a holy, and ob- 
served him : and when he 
heard him, he did many 
things, and heard him 
gladly. 

And when a convenient 
day was come, that Herod 
on his birthday made a sup- 
per to his lords, high cap- 
tains, and chief estates of 
Galilee ; 

And when the daughter 
of the said Herodias came 
in and danced, and pleased 
Herod and them that sat 
with him, the king said 
unto the damsel, Ask of me 
whatsoever thou wilt, and I 
will give it thee. 

And he sware unto her, 



185 
Whatsoever thou shalt ask 
of me, I will give it thee, 
unto the half of m}^ king- 
dom. 

And she went forth, and 
said unto her mother, What 
shall I ask ? And she said, 
The head of John the 
Baptist. 

And she came in straight- 
way with haste nnto the 
king, and asked, saying, I 
will that thou give me by 
and by in a charger the 
head of John the Baptist. 

A.nd the king was exceed- 
ing sorry ; yet for his oath's 
sake, and for their sakes 
w r hich sat with him, he 
would not reject her. 

And immediately the 
king sent an executioner, 
and commanded his head to 
be brought : and he w 7 ent 
and beheaded him in the 
prison. 

And brought his head in 
a charger, and gave it 
to the damsel ; and the 



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damsel gave it to her 
mother. 

And when his disciples 
heard ofit } they came and 
took up his corpse, and laid 
it in a tomb. 

And the apostles gathered 
themselves together unto 
Jesus, and told Him all 
things, both what they had 
done, and what they had 
taught. 

And He said unto them, 
Come ye yourselves apart 
into a desert place, and rest 
a while : for there were 
many coming and going, 
and they had no leisure so 
much as to eat. 

And He took them, by 
ship privately into a desert 
place belonging to the city 
called Bethsaida. 

And the people saw them 
departing, and many knew 
Him, and ran afoot thither 
out of all cities, and out- 
went them, and came to- 
gether unto Him. 



And Jesus, when He came 
out, saw much people, and 
was moved with compassion 
toward them, because they 
were as sheep not having 
a shepherd : and He began 
to teach them many things 
and healed them that had 
need of healing. 

And when the day be- 
gan to wear .away, and was 
now far spent, His disciples 
came unto Him, saying, 
This is a desert place, and 
now the time is far passed : 

Send the multitude away, 
that they may go into the 
towns and country round 
about, and lodge and buy 
themselves bread : for they 
have nothing to eat ; for we 
are here in a desert place. 

But Jesus said unto them, 
They need not depart ; give 
ye them to eat. And they 
say unto Him, Shall we go 
and buy fwo hundred 
pennyworth of bread, and 
give them to eat. 




And they did all eat, and were filled. 



And He saith unto Philip, 
Whence shall we buy bread 
that these ma}' eat? (And 
this He said to prove him : 
for He Himself knew what 
He would do. ) 

Philip answered Him, 
Two hundred pennyworth 
of bread is not sufficient 
for them, that every 
one of them may take a 
little. 

He saith unto them, How 
many loaves have ye? go 
and see. And when they 
knew, one of His disciples, 
Andrew, Simon Peter ' s 
brother, saith unto Him. 

There is a lad here, which 
hath five barley loaves and 
two small fishes : but what 
are the}' among so many ? 
And they said, We have no 
more but five loaves and 
two fishes : except we 
should go and buy meat for 
all this people. 

(For they were about 
five thouand men.) 



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He 



180 

Bring them 



said, 
hither to me. 

And He commanded 
them to make the multi- 
tude sit down by fifties in a 
company, upon the green 
grass. Xow there was 
much grass in the place. 
So the men sat down, in 
ranks, by hundreds, and 
by fifties, in number about 
five thousand. 

And Jesus took the five 
loaves, and the two fishes, 
and looking up to heaven, 
He blessed them, and 
brake ; and when He had 
given thanks, He distributed 
to His disciples to set be- 
fore the multitude ; and the 
two fishes, likewise divided 
He among them all, as 
much as they would. 

And they did all eat, and 
were filled. 

When they were filled, 
He said unto His disciples, 
Gather the fragments that 
remain, that nothing be lost. 



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Therefore they gathered 
them together, and filled 
twelve baskets full with the 
fragments of the five barley 
loaves, and of the fishes, 
which remained over and 
above unto them that had 
eaten. 

And they that had eaten 
were about five thousand 
men, beside women and 
children. 

Then those men, when 
they had seen the miracle 
that Jesus did, said, This is 
of a truth that prophet that 
should come into the world. 

When Jesus therefore 
perceived that they would 
come and take Him by 
force, to make Him a king, 
straightway He constrained 
His disciples to get into a 
ship, and to go before Him 
unto the other side, unto 
Bethsaida, while He sent 
away the people. 

And His disciples went 
down unto the sea, and en- 



tered into a ship, and went 
over the sea toward Caper- 
naum. 

And when He had sent 
the multitudes away, He 
went up into a mountain 
apart to pray, Himself 
alone. 

And when the evening 
was come, the ship was in 
the midst of the sea, and 
He alone on the land. 

And the sea arose by 
reason of a great wind that 
blew. And it was now 
dark, and Jesus was not 
come to them, 

But the ship was in the 
midst of the sea, tossed with 
waves. 

CHRIST WAI.KKTH ON THE 
SKA. 

And He saw them toil- 
ing in rowing ; for the wind 
was contrary unto them. 

So when they had rowed 
about five-and-twenty or 
thirty furlongs, and about 



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the fourth watch of the 
night, He cometh unto 
them, walking upon the 
sea, and would have passed 
by them. 

But when they saw Him 
walking upon the sea, and 
drawing nigh unto the ship, 
they were troubled, saying, 
It is a spirit ! and they 
cried out for fear : for they 
all saw Him, and were 
troubled. 

And immediately H e 
talked with them, and saith 
unto them, Be of good 
cheer : it is I ; be not 
afraid. 

And Peter answered Him 
and said, Lord, if it be thou, 
bid me come unto thee on 
the water. 

And He said, Come. 
And when Peter was come 
down out of the ship, he 
walked on the water to go 
to Jesus. 

And when he saw the 
wind boisterous, he was 



afraid ; and beginning to 
sink, he cried, saying, 
Lord, save me ! 

And immediately Jesus 
stretched forth His hand, 
and caught him, and said 
unto him, O thou of little 
faith, wherefore didst thou 
doubt ? 

Then the)' willingly re- 
ceived Him into the ship, 
and the wind ceased ; and 
immediately the ship was at 
the land whither they went. 

Then they that were in 
the ship came and wor- 
shipped Him, saying, Of a 
truth thou art the Son of 
God ! 

And they were sore 
amazed in themselves be- 
yond measure, and won- 
dered. For they consid- 
ered not the miracle of the 
loaves ; for their heart was 
hardened. 

And they came into the 
land of Gennesaret. And 
when they were come out 



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of the ship, straightway the 
men of that place knew 
Him. 

And ran through that 
whole region round about, 
and began to carry about in 
beds those that were sick, 
where they heard He was. 

And whithersoever H e 
entered, into villages, or 
cities, or country, they laid 
the sick in the streets, and 
besought Him that they 
might touch if it were but 
the border of His garment : 
and as many as touched Him 
were made perfectly whole. 

CHAPTER XX. 

CHRIST H I M S K 1* F THE; 
BREAD OF UFE TO BE- 
UKVERS. 

THE day following, when 
the people, which 
stood on the other side of 
the sea, saw that there was 
none other boat there, save 
that one wherein His dis- 



ciples were entered, and 
that Jesus went not with 
His disciples into the boat, 
but that His disciples were 
gone away alone ; 

H o w b e i t there came 
other boats from Tiberias 
nigh unto the place where 
they did eat bread, after 
that the Lord had given 
thanks ; 

When the people there- 
fore saw that Jesus was not 
there, neither His disciples, 
they also took shipping, 
and came to Capernaum, 
seeking for Jesus. 

And when they had found 
Him on the other side of 
the sea, they said unto Him, 
Rabbi, when earnest thou 
hither ? 

Jesus answered them and 
said, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Ye seek me, not 
because ye saw the miracles, 
but because ye did eat of 
the loaves, and were filled. 

Labour not for the meat 



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which perisheth, but for 
that meat which endureth 
unto everlasting life, which 
the Son of Man shall give 
unto you : for Him hath 
God the Father sealed, 

Then said they unto Him, 
What shall we do, that we 
might work the works of 
God? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto them, This is the work 
of God, that ye believe on 
Him whom He hath sent. 

They said therefore unto 
Him, What sign shewest 
thou then, that we may 
see, and believe thee ? what 
dost thou work ? 

Our fathers did eat manna 
in the desert ; as it is writ- 
ten, He gave them bread 
from heaven to eat. 

Then Jesus said nnto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Moses gave not that 
bread from heaven ; but my 
Father giveth you the true 
bread from heaven. 



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For the bread of God is 
He which cometh dowu 
from heaven, and giveth 
life unto the world. 

Then said they unto Him, 
Lord, evermore give us this 
bread. 

And Jesus said unto them, 
I am the bread of life : he 
that cometh to me shall 
never hunger ; and he that 
believeth on me shall never 
thirst. 

But I said unto you, That 
ye also have seen me and 
believe not. 

All that the Father giveth 
me shall come to me : and 
him that cometh to me I 
will in no wise cast out. 

For I came down from 
heaven, not to do mine owrj 
will, but the will of Him 
that sent me. 

And this is the Father's 
will which hath sent me, 
that of all which He hath 
given me I should lose 
nothing, but should raise 



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it up again at the last 
day. 

And this is the will of 
Him that sent me, that 
every one which seeth the 
Son, and believeth on Him, 
may have everlasting life : 
and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 

The Jews then murmured 
at Him because He said, I 
am the bread which came 
down from heaven, 

And they said is not this Je- 
sus, the son of Joseph, whose 
father and mother we know ? 
how is it then that He 
saith, I came down from 
heaven ? 

Jesus therefore answered 
and said unto them, Mur- 
mur not among yourselves. 

No man can come to me, 
except the Father which 
hath sent me draw him : 
and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 

It is written in the pro- 
phets, And they shall be 



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all taught of God. Every 
man therefore that hath 
heard, and learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me. 

Not that any man hath 
seen the Father, save He 
which is of God, He hath 
seen the Father. 

Verily, verily, I say un- 
to you, He that believeth 
on me hath everlasting 
life. 

I am the bread of life. 

Your fathers did eat 
manna in the wilderness, 
and are dead. 

This is the bread which 
cometh down from heaven, 
that a man may eat thereof, 
and not die. 

I am the living bread 
which came down from 
heaven : if any man eat of 
this bread, he shall live for 
ever : and the bread that I 
will give is my flesh, which 
I will give for the life of 
the world, 

The Jews therefore strove 



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among themselves, saying, 
How can this man give us 
His flesh to eat ? 

Then Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Except ye eat the 
flesh of the Son of man, 
and drink His blood, ye 
have no life in you. 

Whoso eateth my flesh, 
and drinketh my blood, 
hath eternal life ; and I will 
raise him up at the last day. 

For my flesh is meat in- 
deed, and my blood is drink 
indeed. 

He that eateth my flesh, 
and drinketh my blood, 
dwelleth in me, and I in 
him. 

As the living Father hath 
sent me, and I live by the 
Father: so he that 
eateth me, even he shall 
live by me: 

This is that bread which 
came down from heaven : 
not as your fathers did eat 
manna and are dead : he 



that eateth of this bread 
shall live for ever. 

These things said He in 
the synagogue, as He taught 
in Capernaum. 

Many of His disciples, 
when they heard this, said, 
This is a hard saying ; who 
can hear it ? 

When Jesus knew in 
Himself that His disciples 
murmured at it, He said 
unto them, Doth this offend 
you? 

What and if y% shall see 
the Son of Man ascend up 
where He was before ? 

It is the Spirit that 
quickeneth ; the flesh prof- 
iteth nothing : the words 
that I speak unto you, they 
are spirit, and they are life. 

But there are some of 
you who believe not. For 
Jesus knew from the begin- 
ning who they were that 
believed not, and who 
should betray Him. 

And He said. Therefore 



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said I unto you, that no 
man can come unto me, ex- 
cept it were given unto him 
by my Father. 

^| From that time many 
of His disciples went back, 
and walked no more with 
Him. 

Then said Jesus unto the 
twelve, Will ye also go 
away? 

Then Simon Peter an- 
swered Him, Lord, to whom 
shall we go ? thou hast the 
words of eternal life. 

And we believe and are 
sure that thou art that 
Christ, the Son of the liv- 
ing God, 

Jesus answered them, 
Mave not I chosen you 
twelve, and one of you is a 
devil : 

He spake of Judas Isca- 
riot, the son of Simon : for 
he it was that should 
betray Him, being one of 
the twelve. 



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CHAPTER XXI. 

WHAT DKFII^TH THE MAN. 

THEN came together 
unto Him the Phari- 
sees, and certain of the 
scribes, which came from 
Jerusalem. 

And when they saw some 
of His disciples eat bread 
with defiled, that is to say 
with unwashen hands, they 
found fault. 

For the Pharisees, and all 
the Jews, except they wash 
their hands oft, eat not, 
holding the tradition of the 
elders. 

And when they come from 
the market, except they 
wash, they eat not. And 
many other things there be, 
which they have received 
to hold, as the washing of 
cups, and pots, brazen ves- 
sels, and of tables. 

Then the Pharisees and 
scribes asked Him, Why 
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according to the tradition of 
the elders, but eat bread 
with unwashen hands ? 

He answered and said 
unto them, Well hath 
Esaias prophesied of you 
hypocrites, as it is written, 
This people honoureth me 
with their lips, but their 
heart is far from me. 

Howbeit in vain do the} 7 
worship me, teaching for 
doctrines the command- 
ments of men. 

For laying aside the 
commandment of God, ye 
hold the tradition of men, 
as the washing of pots 
and cups : and many 
other such like things ye 
do. 

And He said unto them, 
Full well ye reject the com- 
mandment of God, that ye 
may keep your own tradi- 
tion. 

For Moses said, Honour 
thy father and thy mother ; 
and, Whoso curseth father 



or mother, let him die the 
death : 

But ye say, If a man 
shall say to his father or 
mother, // is Corban, that 
is to say, a gift, by whatso- 
ever thou mightest be pro- 
fited by me ; he shall be 
free. 

And ye suffer him no 
more to do aught for his 
father or mother ; 

Making the word of God 
of none effect through your 
tradition, which ye have 
delivered : and many such 
like things do ye. 

^i And when He had 
called all the people unto 
Him, He said unto them, 
Hearken unto me every one 
of you , and understand : 

There is nothing from 
without a man, that entering 
into him can defile him : 
but the things which come 
out of him, those are they 
that defile the man. 



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If any man have ears to 
hear, let him hear. 

Then came His disciples, 
and said unto Him, Know- 
est thou that the Pharisees 
were offended, after they 
heard this saying ? 

But He answered and 
said, Every plant which my 
heavenly Father hath not 
planted shall be rooted up. 

Let them alone : they be 
blind leaders of the blind. 
And if the blind lead the 
blind, both shall fall into 
the ditch. 

Then answered Peter and 
said unto Him, Declare 
unto us this parable. 

And Jesus said, Are ye 
also yet without under- 
standing ? 

Do ye not yet understand, 
that whatsoever entereth in 
at the mouth goeth into the 
belly, and is cast out into 
the draught ? 

But those things which 
proceed out of the mouth 



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come forth from the heart ; 
and they defile the man. 

For out of the heart pro- 
ceed evil thoughts, murders, 
adulteries, fornications, 
thefts, false witness, blas- 
phemies : 

These are the things which 
defile a man : but to eat 
with unwashen hands de- 
fileth not a man. 

HE HEAI^TH THE SYRO 
PHCENICIAN WOMAN'S 
DAUGHTER 

And from thence He 
arose, and went into the 
borders of Tyre and Sidon, 
and entered into a house, 
and would have no man 
know it : but He could not 
be hid. 

And, behold, a woman of 
Canaan came out of the 
same coasts, and cried unto 
Him, saying, Have mercy 
on me, O Lord, thou Son of 
David ; my daughter is 




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grievously vexed with a 
devil. 

The woman was a Greek, 
a Syrophoenician by nation ; 
and she besought Him that 
He would cast forth the 
devil out of her daughter. 

But He answered her not 
a word. And His disciples 
came and besought him, 
saying, Send her away ; for 
she crieth after us. 

But He answered and 
said, I am not sent but un- 
to the lost sheep of the 
house of Israel. 

Then came she and wor- 
shipped Him, saying, Lord, 
help me. 

But He answered and 
said, It is not meet to take 
the children's bread, and 
to cast it to dogs. 

And she said, Truth, 
Lord : yet the dogs eat of 
the crumbs which fall from 
their master's table. 

Then Jesus answered and 
said unto her, O woman, 



great is thy faith : be it 
unto thee even as thou wilt. 
And her daughter was made 
whole from that very hour. 
And when she was come 
to her house, she found the 
devil gone out, and her 
daughter laid upon tne bed. 

HE CURETH A DEAF AND 
STAMMERING ONE. 

And again, departing 
from the coasts of Tyre and 
Sidon, He came unto the 
sea of Galilee, through the 
midst of the coasts of De- 
capolis. 

And they bring unto Him 
one that was deaf, and had 
an impediment in his 
speech ; and they beseech 
Him to put His hand 
upon him. 

And He took him aside 
from the multitude, and put 
His fingers into his ears, 
and He spit, and touched 
his tongue ; 

And looking up to heaven, 



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He sighed, and saith unto 
him, Ephphatha, that is, 
Be opened. 

And straightway his eyes 
were opened, and the string 
of his tongue was loosed, 
and he spake plain, 

And He charged them 
that they should tell no 
man : but the more He 
charged them, so much the 
more a great deal they pub- 
lished it: 

And were beyond meas- 
ure astonished, saying, He 
hath done all things well : 
He maketh both the deaf 
to hear and the dumb to 
speak. 

And Jesus departed from 
thence, and came nigh unto 
the sea of Galilee ; and 
went up into a mountain, 
and sat down there. 

And great multitudes 
came unto Him, having 
with them those that were 
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, 
and many others, and cast 



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them down at Jesus' feet ; 
and He healed them : 

Insomuch that the multi- 
tude wondered, when they 
saw the dumb to speak, the 
maimed to be whole, the 
lame to walk, and the 
blind to see : and they 
glorified the God of Israel. 

5| Then Jesus called His 
disciples unto Him, and 
said, I have compassion on 
the multitude, because they 
continue with me now three 
days, and have nothing to 
eat : and I will not send 
them away fasting, lest they 
faint in the way. 

And His disciples said unto 
Him, Whence should we 
have so much bread in the 
w i 1 d e r n e s s , as to fill so 
great a multitude ? 

And Jesus saith unto them, 
How many loves have ye ? 
And they said, Seven, and 
a few little fishes. 

And He commanded the 




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multitude to sit down on the 
ground. 

And He took the seven 
loaves and the fishes, and 
gave thanks, and brake 
them, and gave to His dis- 
ciples, and the disciples to 
the multitude. 

And they did all eat, and 
were filled : and they took 
up of the broken meat that 
was left seven baskets full. 

And they that did eat 
were four thousand men, 
beside women and children. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

THK PHARISEES REQUIRE A 
SIGN. 

AND He sent away the 
multitude, and took 
ship, and came into the 
coasts of Magdala. 

And the Pharisees came 
forth, and began to ques- 
tion with Him, seeking of 
Him a sign from heaven, 
tempting Him. 



He answered and said 
unto them, When it is even- 
ing ye say, It will be fair 
weather : for the sky is red. 

And in the morning, 
It will be foul w r eather to- 
day ; for the sky is red and 
lowering. O ye hypocrites, 
ye can discern the face of 
the sky ; but can ye not 
discern the signs of the 
times ? 

A wicked and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a 
sign : and there shall no 
sign be given unto it, but 
the sign of the prophet 
Jonas. 

And He sighed deeply in 
his spirit, and saith, Why 
doth this generation seek 
after a sign? verily, I say 
unto you, There shall no 
sign be given unto this 
generation. 

And He left them, and 
entering into the ship again 
departed to the other 
side. 



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^jNow the disciples had 
forgotten to take bread, nei- 
ther had they in the ship 
with them more than one 
loaf. 

And He charged them, 
saying, Take heed, beware 
of the leaven of the Phari- 
sees and of the leaven of 
Herod. 

And they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, It is be- 
cause we have no bread. 

And when Jesus knew it, 
He saith unto them, Why 
reason ye, because ye have 
no bread ? perceive ye not 
yet, neither understand ? 
have ye your heart yet 
hardened ? 

Having eyes, see ye not ? 
and having ears, hear ye 
not ? and do ye not remem- 
ber? 

When I brake the five 
loaves among the five thou- 
sand, how many baskets full 
of fragments took ye up? 
They say unto Him, Twelve. 



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And when the seven 
among four thousand, how 
many baskets full of frag- 
ments took ye up ? And 
they said, Seven. 

And He said unto them, 
How is it that ye do not 
understand ? 

How is it that ye do not 
understand that I spake it 
not to you concerning 
bread, that ye should be- 
ware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees and of the Sad- 
ducees ? 

Then understood they 
how that He bade them not 
beware o f the leaven o f 
bread, but of the doctrine 
of the Pharisees and of the 
Sadducees. 

HE GIVETH A BUND MAN 
SIGHT. 

And He cometh to Beth- 
saida ; and they bring a 
blind man unto Him, and 
besought Him to touch 
him. 

And He took the blind 




And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. 



man by the hand, and 
led him out of the town ; 
and when He had spit 
on his eyes, and put 
His hands upon him, 
He asked him if he saw 7 
aught. 

And he looked up, and 
said, I see men as trees, 
walking. 

After that He put His 
hands again upon his eyes, 
and made him look up; and 
he was restored, and saw 
every man clearly. 

And He sent him away 
to his house, saying, 
Neither go into the town, 
nor tell it to any in the 
town. 



PETER ' S CONFESSION 
CHRIST. 



And Jesus w 7 ent out, 
and His disciples, into the 
towns of Cesarea Philippi : 
and by the way He 
asked His disciples, say- 



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ing unto them, Whom do 
men say that I am? 

And they said, Some 
say that thou art John the 
Baptist ; some, Elias ; and 
others, Jeremias, or one of 
the prophets. 

He saith unto them, 
But whom say ye that I 
am ? 

And Simon Peter ans- 
wered and said, Thou art 
the Christ, the Son of the 
living God. 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto him, Blessed art 
thou, Simon Bar-jona : for 
flesh and blood hath not 
revealed it unto thee, but 
my Father which is in 
heaven. 

And I say also unto 
thee, That thou art 
Peter, and upon this rock 
I will build my church ; 
and the gates o f hell 
shall not prevail against 
it. 

And I will give unto 



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thee the keys of the king- 
dom of heaven: and 
whatsoever thou shalt 
bind o n earth shall b e 
bound in heaven : and 
whatsoever thou shalt loose 
on earth shall be loosed in 
heaven. 

Then charged He His 
disciples that they should 
tell no man that He was 
Jesus the Christ. 

H E FORESHOWETH HIS 
DEATH. 

From that time forth 
began Jesus to shew 
unto His disciples, how 
that He must go unto 
Jerusalem, and suffer 
many things of the 
elders and chief priests 
and scribes, and be 
killed, and be raised again 
the third day. 

Then Peter took 
Him, and began to re- 
buke Him, saying, Be 
it far from thee, Lord : 



this shall not oe unto 
thee. 

But when He had turned 
about and looked on His 
disciples He rebuked Peter, 
saying, Get thee behind me, 
Satan : for thou savourest 
not the things that be of 
God, but the things that be 
of men. 

TJ And when He had 
called the people unto Him 
with His disciples also, He 
said unto them, Whosoever 
will come after me, let him 
deny himself, and take up 
his cross, and follow me. 

For whosoever will save 
his life shall lose it ; but 
whosoever shall lose his life 
for my sake and the gospel's 
the same shall save it. 

For what shall it profit a 
man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his 
own soul ? 

Or what shall a man give 
in exchange for his soul ? 



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For the Son of man shall 
come in the glory of His 
Father with His angels ; 
and then He shall reward 
every man according to his 
works. 

Verily, I say unto you, 
There be some standing 
here, which shall not taste 
of death, till they see the 
Son of man coming in His 
kingdom. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF 
JESUS. 

AND after six days 
Jesus taketh Peter, 
James, and John his brother, 
and bringeth them up into 
a high mountain apart. 

And was transfigured be- 
fore them : and His face 
did shine as the sun, and 
His raiment was white as 
the light. 

And, behold, there ap- 
peared unto them Moses 



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and E 1 i a s talking with 
Him. 

Then answered Peter and 
said unto Jesus, Lord, it is 
good for us to be here : if 
thou wilt, let us make here 
three tabernacles ; one for 
thee, one for Moses, and 
one for Elias. 

While he yet spake, be- 
hold, a bright cloud over- 
shadowed them : and be- 
hold a voice out of the 
cloud, which said, This is 
my beloved Son, in whom I 
am well pleased ; hear ye 
Him. 

And when the disciples 
heard */, the} 7 fell on their 
face and were sore afraid. 

And Jesus came and 
touched them, and said, 
Arise, and be not afraid. 

And when they had lifted 
up their eyes, they saw no 
man, save Jesus only. 

And as they came down 
from the mountain Jesus 
charged them, saying, Tell 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



the vision to no man until 
the Son of Man be risen 
again from the dead. 

And they kept that say- 
ing with themselves, ques- 
tioning one with another 
what the rising from the 
dead should mean. 

And His disciples asked 
Him, saying, Why then say 
the scribes that Elias must 
first come ? 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Elias truly 
shall first come, and restore 
all things. 

But I say unto you, That 
Elias is come already, and 
they knew him not, but 
have done unto him whatso- 
ever they listed. Likewise 
shall also the Son of Man 
suffer of them. 

Then the disciples under- 
stood that He spake unto 
*hem of John the Baptist. 

^j And it came to pass, 
that on the next day, when 



they were come down from 
the hill, much people met 
Him. 

And when He came to 
His disciples, He saw a 
great multitude about them, 
and the scribes questioning 
with them. 

And straightway all the 
people, when they beheld 
Him, were greatly amazed, 
and running to Him saluted 
Him. 

And He asked the scribes, 
What question ye with 
them ? 

And one of the multitude 
answered and said, Master, 
I have brought unto thee 
my son, which hath a dumb 
spirit ; 

And wheresoever he 
taketh him, he teareth him ; 
and he f o a m e t h , and 
gnasheth with his teeth, 
and pineth away : and I 
spake to thy disciples that 
they should cast him out ; 
and they could not. 




This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him." 



He answereth him, an d 
saith,0 faithless generation, 
how long shall I be with 
you ? how long shall I suf- 
fer you? bring him unto 
me. 

And they brought him 
unto Him : and when He 
saw him, straightway the 
spirit tare him ; and he fell 
on the ground, and 
wallowed foaming. 

And He asked his father, 
How long is it ago since 
this came unto him ? And 
he said, Of a child. 

And of ttimes it hath cast 
him into the fire, and into 
the waters, to destroy him : 
but if thou canst do any 
thing, have compassion on 
us, and help us. 

Jesus said unto him, If 
thou canst believe, all 
things are possible to him 
that believeth. 

And straightway the 
father of the child cried out, 
and said with tears, Lord, 



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I believe ; help thou mine 
unbelief. 

When Jesus saw that the 
people came running to- 
gether, He rebuked the foul 
spirit, saying unto him, 
Thou dumb and deaf spirit, 
I charge thee, come out of 
him, and enter no more into 
him. 

And the spirit cried, and 
rent him sore and came 
out of him : and he was 
as one dead ; insomuch 
that many said, he is 
dead. 

But Jesus took him by 
the hand and lifted him up ; 
and he arose. 

And they were all 
amazed at the mighty power 
of God. 

And when He was come 
into the house, His disci- 
ples asked Him privately, 
Why could not we cast him 
out? 

And Jesus said unto 
them, Because of your un- 



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belief : for verily I say 
unto you, If ye have faith 
as a grain of mustard seed, 
ye shall say unto this moun- 
tain, Remove hence to 
yonder place ; and it 
shall remove : and nothing 
shall be impossible unto 
you. 

Howbeit this kind goeth 
not out but by prayer and 
fasting. 

^[ After these things Jesus 
departed thence and passed 
through Galilee ; for He 
would not walk in Jewry, 
because the Jews sought to 
kill Him. 

And while they abode in 
Galilee, Jesus said unto 
them, The Son of Man 
shall be betrayed into the 
hands of men : 

And they shall kill Him, 
and the third day He shall 
be raised again. And they 
were exceeding sorry. 

But they understood not 



that saying, and were 
afraid to ask Him. 

And when they were 
come to Capernaum, they 
that received tribute money 
came to Peter, and said, 
Doth not your master pay 
tribute ? 

He s a i t h , Yes. And 
when he was come into the 
house, Jesus prevented him, 
saying. What t h i n k e t h 
thou, Simon ? of whom do 
the kings of the earth take 
custom or tribute ? of their 
own children or of strang- 
ers ? 

Peter saith unto Him, Of 
strangers. Jesus saith nnto 
him, Then are the children 
free. 

Notwithstanding, lest we 
should offend them, go thou 
to the sea, and cast a hook, 
and take up the fish that 
first cometh up ; and when 
thou hast opened his mouth, 
thou shalt find a piece of 
money : that take, and 




The sea of Galilee, or Tiberias. 



give unto them for me and 
thee. 

And being in the house 
He asked them, What was 
it that ye disputed among 
yourselves by the way ? 

But they held their peace: 
for by the way they had 
disputed among themselves 
who should be the greatest. 

And He sat down, and 
called the twelve, and saith 
unto them, If any man de- 
sire to be first, the same 
shall be last of all, and 
servant of all. 

And He took a child, and 
set him in the midst of 
them : and when He had 
taken him in His arms, he 
said unto them, 

Verily I say unto you, 
Except ye be converted, 
and become as little chil- 
dren, ye shall not enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. 

Whosoever therefore 
shall humble himself as this 
little child, the same is 



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greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

And whoso shall receive 
one such little child in my 
name receiveth me. 

But whoso shall offend one 
of these little ones which 
believe in me, it were better 
for him t h a t a millstone 
were hanged about his neck 
and that he were drowned 
in the depth of the sea. 

And John answered him, 
saying Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy 
name, and he followeth not 
us ; and we forbade him, 
because he followeth not us. 

But Jesus said, Forbid 
him not : for there is no 
man which shall do a mira- 
cle in my name that can 
lightly speak evil of me. 

For he that is not against 
us is on our part. 

For whosoever shall give 
you a cup of water to drink 
in my name, because ye be- 
long to Christ, verily I say 



224 JESUS OF 

unto you, he shall not lose 
his reward. 

Woe unto the world be- 
cause of offences ! for it 
must needs be that offences 
come ; but woe to that man 
by whom the offence 
cometh ! 

Wherefore if thy hand or 
thy foot offend thee, cut 
them off, and cast them from 
thee ; it is better for thee to 
enter into life halt or 
maimed, rather than hav- 
ing two hands or two feet 
to be cast into everlasting 
fire. 

And if thine eye offend 
thee, pluck it out, and cast 
it from thee : it is better for 
thee to enter into life with 
one eye, rather than having 
two eyes to be cast into hell 
fire. 

Where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not 
quenched. 

For every one shall be 
salted with fire, and every 



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sacrifice shall be salted with 
salt. 

Salt is good : but if the 
salt have lost its saltness, 
wherewith will ye season it ? 
Have salt in yourselves, and 
have peace one with 
another. 

Take heed that ye despise 
not one of these little ones ; 
for I say unto you, That in 
heaven their angels do 
always behold the face of 
my Father which is in 
heaven. 

For the Son of Man is 
come to save that which 
was lost. 

How think ye ? if a man 
have a hundred sheep, and 
one of them be gone astray, 
doth he not leave the ninety 
and nine, and goeth into 
the mountains, and seeketh 
that which is gone astray ? 

And if so be that he find 
it, verily I say unto you, 
he rejoiceth more of that 
sheep, than of the ninety 




"Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, 
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 1 ' 



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and nine which went not 
astray. 

Even so it is not the will 
of your Father which is in 
heaven, that one of these 
little ones should perish. 

^| Moreover if thy brother 
shall trespass against thee, 
go and tell him his fault 
between thee and him alone : 
if he shall hear thee, thou 
hast gained thy brother. 

But if he will not hear 
thee, then take with thee 
one or two more, that in the 
mouth of t w o or three 
witnesses every word may 
be established. 

And if he shall neglect to 
hear them, tell it unto the 
church : but if he neglect to 
hear the church, let him be 
unto thee as a heathen man 
and a publican. 

Verily I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall bind 
on earth shall be bound in 
heaven ; and whatsoever ve 



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shall loose on earth shall 
be loosed in heaven. 

Again I say unto you, 
That if two of you shall 
agree on earth as touching 
any thing that they shall 
ask, it shall be done for 
them of my Father which is 
in heaven. 

For where two or three 
are gathered together in my 
name, there am I in the 
midst of them. 

Then came Peter to Him, 
and said, Lord, how oft 
shall my brother sin against 
me, and I forgive him ? till 
seven times ? 

Jesus saith unto him, I 
say not unto thee, Until 
seven times : but until sev- 
enty times seven. 

Therefore is the kingdom 
of heaven likened unto a 
certain king, whioh would 
take account of his ser- 
vants. 

And when he had begun 
to reckon, one was brought 



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unto him which owed him 
ten thousand talents. 

But forasmuch as he had 
not to pay, his lord com- 
manded him to be sold, and 
his wife and children, and 
all that he had, and pay- 
ment to be made. 

The servant therefore fell 
down and worshipped him, 
saying, L,ord, have patience 
with me, and I will pay 
thee all, 

Then the lord of that 
servant was moved with 
compassion , and loosed 
him and forgave him the 
debt. 

But the same servant went 
out, and found one of his 
fellow servants, which owed 
him a hundred pence : and 
he laid hands on him, and 
took him by the throat, say- 
ing, Pay me that thou 
owest. 

And his fellow servant 
fell down at his feet, and 
besought him, saying, Have 



patience with me and I will 
pay thee all. 

And he would not : but 
went and cast him into 
prison, till he should pay 
the debt. 

So when his fellow ser- 
vants saw what was done, 
they were very sorry, and 
came and told unto their 
lord all that was done. 

Then his lord, after that 
he had called him, said 
unto him, O thou wicked 
servant, I forgave thee all 
that debt, because thou de- 
siredst me : 

Shouldest not thou also 
have had compassion on thy 
fellow servant, even as I 
had pity on thee ? 

And his lord was wroth, 
and delivered him to the tor- 
mentors, till he should pay 
all that was due unto him. 

So likewise shall my 
heavenly Father do also 
unto you, if ye from your 
hearts forgive not every one 



his brother 
passes. 



their 



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CHAPTER XXIV 

CHRIST SENDETH OUT 
SEVENTY OTHER DISCI- 
PLES. 

AFTER these things the 
Lord appointed other 
seventy also, and sent them 
two and two before His 
face into every city and 
place, whither He Himself 
would come. 

Therefore said He unto 
them, The harvest truly is 
great, but the labourers are 
few : pray ye therefore the 
Lord of the harvest, tnat 
He would send forth 
labourers into His harvest. 

Go your ways : behold, I 
send you forth as lambs 
among wolves. 

Carry neither purse, nor 
scrip, nor shoes : and salute 
no man by the way. 

And into whatsoever 



house ye enter, first say 
Peace be to this house. 

And if the son of peace 
be there, your peace shall 
rest upon it : if not, it shall 
turn to you again. 

And in the same house 
remain, eating and drinking 
such things as they give : 
for the labourer is worthy 
of his hire. Go not from 
house to house. 

And into whatsoever city 
ye enter, and they receive 
you, eat such things as are 
set before you : 

And heal the sick that are 
therein, and say unto them, 
The kingdom of God is 
come nigh unto you. 

But into whatsoever city 
ye enter, and they receive 
you not, go your ways out 
into the streets of the same, 
and say, 

Even the very dust of 
your city, which cleaveth on 
us, we do wipe off against 
you : notwithstanding, be ye 



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sure of this, that the king- 
dom of God is come nigh 
unto you. 

But I say unto you, that 
it shall be more tolerable in 
that day for Sodom than for 
that city. 

Woe unto thee, Chorazin, 
woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works had 
been done in Tyre and 
Sidon which have been done 
in you, they had a great 
while ago repented, sitting 
in sackcloth and ashes, 

But it shall be more toler- 
able for Tyre and Sidon at 
the judgment than for you. 

And thou, Capernaum, 
which art exalted to heaven, 
shalt be thrust down to hell. 

He that heareth you 
heareth me ; he that de- 
spiseth you despiseth me ; 
and he that despiseth me 
despiseth Him that sent me. 

^1 And the seventy re- 
turned again with joy, say- 



ing, Lord, even the devils 
are subject unto us through 
thy name. 

And He said unto them, 
I beheld Satan as lightning 
fall from heaven. 

Behold, I give unto you 
power to tread 6n serpents 
and scorpions, and over all 
the power of the enemy ; 
and nothing shall by any 
means hurt you. 

Notwithstanding, in this 
rejoice not, that the spirits 
are subject unto you ; but 
rather rejoice because your 
names are written in heaven. 

^| In that hour Jesus re- 
joiced in spirit, and said, I 
thank thee, O Father, Lord 
of heaven and earth, that 
thou hast hid these things 
from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto 
babes : even so, Father ; for 
so it seemed good in thy 
sight. 

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to me of my Father : and 
no man knoweth who the 
Son is, but the Father ; and 
who the Father is, but the 
Son, and he to whom the 
Son w r ill reveal Him, 

^[ And He turned Him 
unto his disciples, and said 
privately, Blessed are the 
eyes which see the things 
that ye see : 

For I tell you, that many 
prophets and kings have 
desired to see those things 
which ye see, and have not 
seen them; and to hear 
those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them 

Now the Jews' feast of 
tabernacles was at hand. 

His brethren therefore 
said unto Him, Depart 
hence, and go into Judea, 
that thy disciples also may 
see the works that thou 
doest. 

For there is no man that 
doeth any thing in secret, 



and he himself seeketh to be 
known openly. If thou do 
these things, shew thyself 
to the world. 

For n e i t h e r did His 
brethern believe in Him. 

Then Jesus said unto them 
My time is not yet come : 
but your time is a 1 w a y s 
read}\ 

The world cannot hate 
you ; but me it hateth, 
because I testify of it, that 
the works thereof are evil. 

Go ye up unto this feast : 
I go not up yet unto this 
feast ; for my time is not 
yet full come. 

When He had said these 
words unto them, he abode 
still in Galilee. 

^1 And it came to pass, 
when the time was come 
that He should be received 
up, He steadfastly set His 
face to go to Jerusalem, 
And sent messengers be- 
1 fore His face : and they 



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went, and entered into a 
village of the Samaritans, 
to make ready for Him, 

And they did not receive 
Him, because His face was 
as though He would go to 
Jerusalem. 

And when His disciples 
James and John saw this 
they said, Lord, wilt thou 
that we command fire to 
come down from heaven, 
and consume them, even as 
Elias did ? 

But He turned, and re- 
buked them, and said, Ye 
know not w r hat manner of 
spirit ye are of. 

For the Son of Man is 
not come to destroy men's 
lives, but to save them. And 
they went to another 
village. 

CHRIST HEAIKTH THK 
IvEPERS. 

And as He entered into a 
certain village, there met 
Him ten men that were 



lepers, which stood afar 
off: 

And they lifted up their 
voices, and said, Jesus, 
Master, have mere y on 
us. 

And when He saw them } 
He said unto them, Go 
shew yourselves unto the 
priests. And it came to 
pass, that, as they went, 
they were cleansed. 

And one of them, when 
he saw that he was healed, 
turned back, and with a 
loud voice glorified God, 

And fell down on his face 
at His feet, giving Him 
thanks : and he was a 
Samaritan. 

And Jesus answering 
said, Were there not ten 
cleansed, but where are the 
nine ? 

There are not found that 
returned to give glory to 
God, save this stranger. 

And He said unto him, 
Arise, go thy way : thy 



faith 
whole. 



hath made 



THK 



CHRIST TEACHETH 
LAWYER. 

And behold, a certain 
lawyer stood up and tempted 
Him, saying, Master, what 
shall I do to inherit eter- 
nal life ? 

He said unto him, What 
is written in the law ? how 
readest thou ? 

And he answering said, 
Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, 
and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy strength, and 
w r ith all thy mind ; and thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

And He said unto him, 
Thou hast answered right : 
This do, and thou shalt 
live. 

But he, willing to justify 
himself, said unto Jesus, 
And who is my neighbour ? 

And Jesus answering 
said, A certain man went 



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thee down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among 
thieves, which stripped him 
of his raiment, and wounded 
him, and departed, leaving 
him half dead. 

And by chance there came 
down a certain priest that 
way ; and when he saw him, 
he passed by on the other 
side. 

And likewise a Levite, 
when he was at the place, 
came and looked on him, and 
passed by on the other side. 

But a certain Samaritan, 
as he journeyed, came 
wdiere he was ; and when 
he saw him, he had com- 
passion on him, 

And went to him, and 
bound up his wounds, 
pouring in oil and wine, 
and set him on his own 
beast, and brought him to 
an inn, and took care of 
him. 

And on the morrow when 
he departed, he took out 



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two pence, and gave ihem to 
the host, and said unto him, 
Take care of him : and 
whatsoever thou spendest 
more, when I come again I 
will repay thee. 

Which now of these three, 
thinkest thou, was neigh- 
bour unto him that fell 
among the theives ? 

And he said, He that 
shewed mercy on him. 
Then said Jesus unto him, 
Go, and do thou likewise. 

And it came to pass, 
that, as He was praying in 
a certain place, when He 
ceased one of His disciples 
said unto Him, Iyord, teach 
us to pray, as John also 
taught his disciples. 

And He said unto them, 
When ye pray say, Our 
Father which art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come, Thy 
will be done, as in heaven, 
so in earth. 



Give us day by day our 
daily bread. 

And forgive us our sins ; 
for we also forgive every 
one that is indebted to us. 
And lead us not into temp- 
tation ; but deliver us from 
evil. 

And He said unto them, 
Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto 
him at midnight, and say 
unto him, Friend, lend me 
three loaves ; 

For a friend of mine in 
his journey is come to me, 
and I have nothing to set 
before him ? 

And he from within shall 
answer and say, Trouble 
me not : the door is now 
shut, and my children are 
with me in bed ; I cannot 
rise and give thee. 

I say unto you, Though 
he will not rise and give 
him, because he is his 
friend, yet because of his 
importunity, he will rise 




k Take care of him : and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come 
agfain I will repay thee." 



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and give him as many as 
he needeth. 

And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given unto 
you ; seek, and ye shall 
find ; knock, and it shall 
be opened unto you. 

For every one that asketh 
receiveth ; and he that seek- 
eth findeth ; and to him 
that knocketh it shall be 
opened. 

If a son shall ask bread 
of any of you that is a 
father, will he give him a 
stone ? or if he ask a fish, 
will he for a fish give him a 
serpent ? 

Or if he shall ask an egg, 
will he offer him a scor- 
pion? 

If ye then, being evil, 
know how to give good 
gifts unto your children ; 
how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the 
Holy Spirit to them that 
ask Him ? 



MARTHA AND MARY 

Now it came to pass, as 
they went, that He entered 
into a certain village : and a 
certain woman named 
Martha received Him into 
her house. 

And she had a sister 
called Mary, which also sat 
at Jesus' feet, and heard 
His word. 

But Martha was cumbered 
about much serving, and 
came to Him, and said, 
Lord, dost thou not care 
that my sister hath left me 
to serve alone? bid her 
therefore that she help 
me. 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto her, Martha, 
Martha, thou art careful 
and troubled about many 
things : 

But one thing is needful ; 
and Mary hath chosen that 
good part, which shall 
not be taken away from 
her. 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



THE JEWS FEAST OE TABER- 
NACLES AT JERUSALEM. 

The Jews sought Him at 
the feast, and said, Where is 
He? 

And there was much 
murmuring among the 
people concerning Him : 
for some said, He is a good 
man : others said, Nay ; 
but He deceiveth the peo- 
ple. 

Howbeit no man spake 
openly of Him for fear of 
the Jews. 

*\\ Now about the midst 
of the feast Jesus went up 
into the temple, and taught. 

And the Jews marvelled, 
saying, How knoweth this 
man letters, having never 
learned ? 

Jesus answered them and 
said, My doctrine is not 
mine, but His that sent me. 

If any man will do His 
will, he shall know of the 
doctrine, whether it be of 



God, or whether I speak of 
myself. 

He that speaketh of him- 
self seeketh his own glory : 
but He that seeketh His 
glory that sent Him, the 
same is true, and no un- 
righteousness is in Him. 

Did not Moses give you 
the law, and yet none of 
you keepeth the law ? Why 
go ye about to kill me ? 

The people answered and 
said, Thou hast a devil : 
who goeth about to kill 
thee? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto them, I have done one 
work, and ye all marvel. 

Moses therefore gave 
unto you circumcision ; 
(not because it is of Moses, 
but of the fathers ; ) and ye 
on the sabbath day circum- 
cise a man. 

If a man on the sabbath 
day receive circumcision, 
that the law of Moses 
should not be broken ; are 



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243 



ye angry at me, because I 
have made a man every 
whit whole on the sabbath 
day? 

Judge not according to 
the appearance, but judge 
righteous judgment. 

Then said some of them 
of Jerusalem, Is not this He, 
whom they seek to kill ? 

But, lo, He speaketh 
boldly, and they say noth- 
ing unto Him. Do the 
rulers know indeed that this 
is the very Christ ? 

Howbeit we know this 
man whence he is : but 
when Christ cometh, no 
man knoweth whence He is. 

Then cried Jesus in the 
temple asHetaught, saying, 
Ye both know me, and ye 
know whence I am : and I 
am not come of myself, but 
He that sent me is true, 
whom ye know not. 

But I know Him ; for I 
am from Him, and He hath 
sent me. 



Then they sought to take 
Him : but no man laid 
hands on Him, because 
His hour was not yet come. 

And man}' of the people 
believed on Him and said, 
When Christ cometh, will 
He do more miracles than 
these which this man hath 
done ? 

•" The Pharisees heard 
that the people murmured 
such things concerning Him; 
and the Pharisees and the 
chief priests sent officers to 
take Him. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them, Yet a little while am 
I with you^ and then I go 
unto Him that sent me. 

Ye shall seek me, and 
shall not find me : and where 
I am, thither ye cannot come. 

Then said the Jews 
among themselves, Whither 
will He go, that we shall 
not find Him? will he go 
unto the dispersed among 



244 JESUS OF 

the Gentiles, and teach the 
Gentiles ? 

What manner of saying 
is this that He said, Ye shall 
seek me, and shall not find 
me: and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come. 

In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying, If 
any man thirst, let him 
come unto me and drink. 

He that believeth on me, 
as the Scripture hath said, 
out of his belly shall flow 
rivers of living water. 

(But this spake He of the 
Spirit, which they that be- 
lieve on Him should re- 
ceive : for the Holy Ghost 
was not yet given; because 
that Jesus was not yet 
glorified. ) 

1| Many of the people 
therefore, when they heard 
this saying, said, Of a 
truth this is the Prophet. 

Others said, This is the 



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Christ. But some said, 
vShall Christ come out of 
Galilee ? 

Hath not the Scripture 
said, That Christ cometh of 
the seed of David, and out 
of the town of Bethlehem, 
where David was ? 

So there was a division 
among the people because 
of Him. 

And some of them would 
have taken Him ; but no 
man laid hands on Him. 

11 Then came the officers 
to the chief priests and 
Pharisees ; and they said 
unto them, Why have ye 
not brought Him ? 

The officers answered, 
Never man spake like this 
man. 

Then answered them the 
Pharisees, Are ye also de- 
ceived ? 

Have any of the rulers or 
of the Pharisees believed on 
Him? 



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But this people who 
knoweth not the law are 
cursed. 

Nicodemus s a i t h unto 
them, (he that came to Je- 
sus by night, being one of 
them, ) 

Doth our law judge any 
man before it hear him, and 
know what he doeth ? 

They answered and said 
unto him, Art thou also of 
Galilee ? Search and look : 
for out of Galilee ariseth no 
prophet. 

And every man went unto 
his own house. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

CHRIST DEUVERETH THE 
WOMAN TAKEN IN ADUL- 
TERY. 

JESUS went unto the 
mount of Olives. 
And early in the morning 
He came again into the 
temple, and all the people 



came unto Him ; and He 
sat down, and taught them. 

And the scribes and 
Pharisees brought unto 
Him a woman taken in 
adulter}- and when they had 
set her in the midst, 

They said unto Him, 
Master, this woman was 
taken in adultery, in the 
very act. 

Now Moses in the law 
commanded us, that such 
should be stoned : but what 
sayest thou ? 

This they said, tempting 
Him, that they might have 
to accuse Him. But Jesus 
stooped down, and with his 
finger wrote on the ground, 
as though He heard them 
not. 

So when they continued 
asking Him, He lifted up 
Himself, and said unto them, 
He that is without sin 
among you, let him first 
cast a stone at her. 

And again He stooped 



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down, and wrote on the 
ground. 

And they which heard //, 
Deing convicted by their own 
conscience, went out one by 
one, beginning at the eldest, 
even unto the last : and Jesus 
was left alone, and the 
woman standing in the 
midst. 

When Jesus had lifted up 
Himself and saw none but 
the woman, He said unto 
her, Women, where are 
those thine accusers ? hath 
no man condemned thee ? 

She said, No man, Lord. 
And Jesus said unto her, 
Neither do I condemn thee: 
go, and sin no more. 

THE UGHT OF THE WORLD. 

Then spake Jesus again 
unto them, saying, I am the 
light of the world : he that 
followeth me shall not walk 
in darkness, but shall have 
the light of life. 

The Pharisees therefore 



NAZARETH 

said unto Him, Thou bear- 
est record of thyself ; thy 
record is not true. 

Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Though I bear 
record of myself, yet my re- 
cord is true : for I know 
whence I came and whither 
I go ; but ye cannot tell 
whence I come and whither 
I go. 

Ye judge after the flesh ; 
I judge no man. 

And yet if I judge, my 
judgment is true : for I am 
not alone, but I and the 
Father that sent me. 

It is also written in your 
law, that the testimony of 
two men is true. 

I am one that beareth 
witness of myself, and the 
Father that sent me beareth 
witness of me. 

Then said they unto Him, 
Where is thy Father ? Jesus 
answered, Ye neither know 
me nor my Father : if ye 
had known me, ye should 




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have known my Father 
also. 

These words spake Jesus 
in the treasury, as He taught 
in the temple : and no man 
laid hands on Him ; for His 
hour was not yet come. 

Then said Jesus again 
unto them, I go my way, 
and ye shall seek me, and 
shall die in your sins: 
whither I go, ye cannot 
come. 

Then said the Jews, Will 
He kill himself ? because 
He saith, Whither I go, ye 
cannot come. 

And He said unto them, 
Ye are from beneath ; I am 
from above : ye are from 
this world ; I am not of this 
world. 

I said therefore unto you, 
that ye shall die in your 
sins : for if ye believe not 
that I am He, ye shall die in 
your sins. 

Then said they unto Him, 
Who art thou ? And Jesus 



saith unto them, Even the 
same that I said unto you 
from the beginning. 

I have many things to say 
and to judge of \om : but 
He that sent me is true ; 
and I speak to the world 
those things which I have 
heard of Him. 

They understood not that 
He spake to them of the 
Father. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them, When ye have lifted 
up the Son of Man, then 
shall ye know that I am He, 
and that I do nothing of 
myself ; but as my Father 
hath taught me, I speak 
these things. 

And He that sent me is 
with me : the Father hath 
not left me alone ; for I do 
always those things that 
please Him. 

As He spake these words, 
many believed on Him. 

Then said Jesus to those 
Jews which believed on 



250 

Him, If ye continue in my 
word, then are ye my dis- 
ciples indeed ; 

And ye shall know the 
truth, and the truth shall 
make you free. 

^[ They answered Him, 
We be Abraham's seed, 
and were never in bondage 
to any man : how sayest 
thou, Ye shall be made 
free ? 

Jesus answered them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Whosoever commiteth 
sin is the servant of sin. 

And the servant abideth 
not in the house for ever : 
but the Son abideth ever. 

If the Son therefore shall 
make you free, ye shall be 
free indeed. 

I know that ye are 
Abraham's seed ; but ye 
seek to kill me, because my 
word hath no place in you. 

I speak that which I have 
seen with my Father : and 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 

ye do that which ye have 
seen with your father. 

They answered and said 
unto Him, Abraham is our 
father. Jesus saith unto 
them, If ye were Abraham's 
children, ye would do the 
works of Abraham. 

But now ye seek to kill 
me, a man that hath told 
you the truth, which I have 
heard of God : this did not 
Abraham. 

Ye do the deeds of your 
father. Then said they to 
Him, We be not born of 
fornication ; we have one 
Father, even God. 

Jesus said unto them, If 
God were your Father, ye 
would love me : for I pro- 
ceeded forth and came from 
God ; neither came I of 
myself, but He sent me. 

Why do ye not under- 
stand my speech ? even be- 
cause ye cannot hear my 
word. 

Ye are of your father the 



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devil, and the lusts of your 
father ye will do : he was 
a murderer from the begin- 
ning, and abode not in the 
truth, because there is no 
truth in him. When he 
speaketh a lie, he speaketh 
of his own : for he is a liar, 
and the father of it. 

And because I tell you 
the truth, ye believe me 
not. 

Which of you convinceth 
me of sin ? And if I say the 
truth, why do ye not be- 
lieve me ? 

He that is of God heareth 
God's words : ye therefore 
hear them not, because ye 
are not of God. 

Then answered the Jews 
and said unto Him, Say we 
not well that thou art a 
Samaritan, and hast a 
devil ? 

Jesus answered, I have 
not a devil ; but I honour 
my Father, and ye do dis- 
honour me. 



And I seek not mine own 
glory : there is one that 
seeketh and judgeth. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, If a man keep my say- 
ing, he shall never see 
death. 

Then said the Jews unto 
Him, Now we know that 
thou hast a devil. Abra- 
ham is dead and the pro- 
phets ; and thou say est, If a 
man keep my saying, he 
shall never taste of death. 

Art thou greater than our 
father Abraham, which is 
dead ? and the prophets are 
dead : whom maketh thou 
thyself ? 

Jesus answered, If I hon- 
our myself, my honour is 
nothing : it is my Father 
that honoureth me ; of 
whom ye say, that He is 
y our God ; 

Yet ye have not known 
Him ; but I know Him : 
and if I should say, I know 
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like unto you : but I know 
Him, and keep His say- 
ing. 

Your father Abraham re- 
joiced to see my day : and 
he saw it, and was glad. 

Then said the Jews unto 
Him, Thou art not }^et fifty 
years old, and hast thou 
seen Abraham ? 

Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, Before Abraham was, 
I am. 

Then took they up stones 
to cast at Him : but Jesus 
hid Himself, and went out 
of the temple, going 
through the midst of them, 
and so passed by. 

SIGHT GIVKN TO ONK BORN 
BUND. 

And as Jesus passed by, 
He saw a man which was 
blind from his birth. 

And His disciples asked 
Him, saying, Master, who 
did sin, this man, or his 



parents that, he was born 
blind. 

Jesus answered, Neither 
hath this man sinned, nor 
his parents : but that the 
works of God should be 
made manifest in him. 

I must work the works of 
Him that sent me, while it 
is day : the night cometh, 
when no man can work. 

As long as I am in the 
world, I am the light of the 
world. 

When He had thus 
spoken, He spat on the 
ground, and made clay of 
the spittle, and He ancinted 
the eyes of the blind man 
with the clay, 

And vSaid unto him, Go, 
wash in the pool of Siloam, 
(which is by interpretation, 
Sent.) He went his way 
therefore, and washed, and 
came seeing. 

^] The neighbours there- 
fore, and they which before 




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had seen him that he was 
blind, said, Is not this he 
that sat and begged ? 

Some said, This is he : 
others said, He is like him : 
but he said, I am ht. 

Therefore said they unto 
him, How were thine eyes 
opened ? 

He answered and said, A 
man that is called Jesus 
made clay, and anointed 
mine eyes, and said unto 
me, Go to the pool of 
Siloam, and wash : and I 
went and washed, and I re- 
ceived sight. 

Then said they unto him, 
Where is He? He said, I 
know not. 

^| They brought to the 
Pharisees him that aforetime 
was blind. 

And it was the sabbath 
day when Jesus made the 
clay, and opened his eyes. 

Then again the Pharisees 
also asked him how he had 



received his sight. He said 
unto them, He put clay 
upon mine eyes, and I 
washed, and do see. 

Therefore said some of 
the Pharisees, This man is 
not of God, because He 
keepeth not the sabbath 
day. Others said, How 
can a man that is a sinner 
do such miracles ? And there 
was a division among them. 

They say unto the blind 
man again, What sayest 
thou of Him, that He hath 
opened thine eyes? He 
said, He is a prophet. 

But the Jews did not be- 
lieve concerning him, that 
he had been blind, and re- 
ceived his sight, until they 
called the parents of him 
that had received his sight. 

And they asked them, 
saying, Is this your son, 
who ye say was born blind ? 
how then doth he now see ? 

His parents answered 
them and said, We know 



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that this is our son and 
that he was born blind : 

But by what means he 
now seeth we know not ; or 
who hath opened his e}^es 
we know not : he is of age ; 
ask him : he shall speak for 
himself. 

These words spake his 
parents, because they feared 
the Jews : for the Jews had 
agreed already, that if any 
man did confess He was 
Christ, he should be put out 
of the synagogue. 

Therefore said his par- 
ents, He is of age ; ask 
him. 

Then again called they 
the man that was blind, and 
said unto him, Give God the 
praise : we know that this 
man is a sinner. 

He answered and said, 
Whether He be a sinner or 
no, I know not : one thing 
I know, that whereas I 
was blind, now I see. 

Then said they to him 



again, What did He to 
thee ? how opened He thine 
eyes? 

He answered them, I 
have told you already, and 
ye did not hear : wherefore 
would you hear // again? 
will ye also be His disciples ? 

Then they reviled him, 
and said, Thou art His 
disciple ; but we are Moses' 
disciples. 

We know that God spake 
unto Moses : as for this 
fellow, we know not from 
whence He is. 

The man answered and 
said unto them, Why 
herein is a marvellous thing, 
that ye know not from 
whence He is, and yet He 
hath opened mine eyes. 

Now we know that 
God heareth not sinners : 
but if any man be a wor- 
shipper of God and doeth 
His will, him He heareth. 

Since the world began 
was it not heard that any 



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man opened the eyes of one 
that was born blind. 

If this man were not of 
God, He could do nothing. 

They answered and said 
unto him, Thou wast alto- 
gether born in sins, and 
dost thou teach us? And 
they cast him out. 

Jesus heard that they had 
cast him out ; and when He 
had found him, He said 
unto him, Dost thou be- 
lieve on the Son of God ? 

He answered and said, 
Who is He, Lord, that I 
might believe on Him ? 

And Jesus said unto him, 
Thou hast both seen Him, 
and it is He that talketh 
with thee. 

And he said, Lord, I be- 
lieve. And he worshipped 
Him. 



^[ And Jesus said, For 
judgment I am come into 
this world, that they which 
see not might see ; and that 



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they which see might be 
made blind. 

And some of the Phari- 
sees which were with Him 
heard these words, and said 
unto Him, Are we blind 
also : 

Jesus said unto them, If 
ye were blind, ye should 
have no sin : but now ye 
say, We see ; therefore your 
sin remaineth. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 



CHRIST, 



THE GOOD 
HERD. 



V 1 



SHEP- 



I 



ERILV, verily, 1 say 
unto you, He that en- 
tereth not by the door into 
the sheepfold, but climbeth 
up some other way, the 
same is a thief and a rob- 
ber. 

But he that entereth in 
by the door is the shepherd 
of the sheep. 

To him the porter open- 
eth ; and the sheep hear 



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his voice : and lie calletli 
his own sheep 03^ name, and 
leadeth them out. 

And when he putteth forth 
his own sheep, he goeth be- 
fore them, and the sheep 
follow him : for they know 
his voice. 

And a stranger will they 
not follow, but will flee 
from him : for they know 
not the voice of strangers. 

This parable spake Jesus 
unto them ; but they under- 
stood not what things they 
were which He spake unto 
them. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them again, Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, I am the 
door of the sheep. 

All that ever came before 
me are thieves and robbers : 
but the sheep did not hear 
them. 

I am the door : b}^ me if 
any man enter in, he shall 
be saved, and shall go in 
and out, and find pasture. 



NAZARETH 

The thief cometh not, 
but for to steal, and to kill, 
and to destroy ; I am come 
that they might have life, 
and that they might have it 
more abundantly. 

I am the good shepherd : 
the good shepherd giveth 
his life for the sheep. 

But he that is a hireling, 
and not the shepherd, whose 
own the sheep are not, 
seeth the wolf coming, and 
leaveth the sheep, and 
fl e e t h ; and the wolf 
catcheth them, and scatter - 
eth the sheep. 

The hireling fleeth, be- 
cause he is a hireling, and 
careth not for the sheep. 

I am the good shepherd, 
and know my sheej> y and 
am known of mine. 

As the Father knoweth 
me, even so know I the 
Father : and I lay down my 
life for*the sheep. 

And other sheep I have, 
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them also I must bring, and 
they shall hear my voice ; 
and there shall be one fold, 
and one shepherd. 

Therefore doth my Father 
love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it 
again. 

No man taketh it from 
me, but I lay it down of 
myself. I have power to 
lay it down, and I have 
power to take it again. 
This commandment have I 
received of my father. 

*~ There was a division 
therefore again among the 
Jews for these sayings. 

And many of them said, 
He hath a devil and is mad; 
why hear ye Him ? 

Others said, These are 
not the words of Him that 
hath a devil. Can a devil 
open the eyes of the blind ? 

^1 And it was at Jerusalem 
the feast of the dedication, 
and it was winter. 



And Jesus walked in the 
temple in Solomon's porch. 

Then came the Jews 
round about Him, and said 
unto Him, How long dost 
thou make us to doubt ? If 
thou be the Christ, tell us 
plainly. 

Jesus answered them, I 
told you and ye believed 
not : the works that I do in 
my Father's name, they 
bear witness of me. 

But ye believe not, be- 
cause ye are not of my sheep 
as I said unto you. 

My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they 
follow me : 

And I give unto them 
eternal life ; and they shall 
never perish, neither shall 
any man pluck them out of 
my hand. 

My Father, which gave 
them me, is greater than 
all ; and no man is able to 
pluck the?n out of my 
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I and my Father are one. 

Then the Jews took up 
stones again to stone Him. 

Jesus answered them, 
Many good works have I 
shewed you from m y 
Father ; for which of those 
works do ye stone me ? 

The Jews answered Him, 
saying, For a good work 
we stone thee not ; but for 
blasphemy ; and because 
that thou, being a man, 
makest thyself God. 

Jesus answered them, Is 
it not written in your law, 
I said, Ye are gods ? 

If he called them gods, 
unto whom the word of God 
came, and the Scripture 
cannot be broken ; 

Say ye of Him, whom 
the Father hath sanctified, 
and sent into the world, 
Thou blasphemest ; because 
I said, I am the Son of 
God? 

If I do not the works of 
my Father, believe me not. 



But if I do, though ye 
believe not me, believe the 
works ; that ye may know, 
and believe, that the Father 
is in me, and I in Him. 

Therefore they sought 
again to take Him ; but He 
escaped out of their hand, 

And went away again 
beyond Jordan into the 
place where John at first 
baptized ; and there He 
abode. 

And many resorted unto 
Him and said, Johndid no 
miracle : but all things that 
John spake of this man were 
true. 

And great multitudes fol- 
lowed Him ; and He healed 
them, and, as He was wont, 
He taught them. 

And many believed on 
Him there. 

•fl T h e Pharisees also 
came unto Him, tempting 
Him, and saying unto Him, 
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put away his wife for every 
cause ? 

And He answered and 
said unto them, Have ye 
not read that He which 
made them at the beginning 
made them male and 
female, 

And said, For this cause 
shall a man leave father 
and mother, and shall cleave 
to his w T ife : and they twain 
shall be one flesh ? 

Wherefore they are no 
more twain, but one flesh. 
What therefore God has 
joined together let no man 
put asunder. 

They say unto Him, Why 
did Moses then command to 
give a writing of divorce- 
in e n t and to put her 
away. 

He saith unto them, Mo- 
ses because of the hardness 
of your hearts suffered you 
to put away your w T ives : 
but from the beginning it 
was not so. 



And I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, except it be for 
fornication, and shall marry 
another, committeth adul- 
tery : and whoso marrieth 
her which is put away doth 
commit adultery. 

% His disciples say unto 
Him, If the case of the 
man be so with his wife, it 
is not good to marry. 

But He said unto them, 
All men cannot receive this 
saying, save they to whom 
it is given. 

For there are some 
eunuchs, which were so 
born from their mother's 
womb : and there are some 
eunuchs, which were made 
eunuchs of men : and there 
be eunuchs, w T hich have 
made themselves eunuchs 
for the kingdom of heaven's 
sake. He that is able to 
receive //, let him re- 
ceive it 



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CHAPTER XXVII 



CHILDREN BROUGHT TO 
CHRIST 

THEN were there 
brought unto Him little 
children, that He should put 
His hands on them, and 
pray : and the disciples re- 
buked them. 

But when Jesus saw iV, 
He was much displeased, 
and called them unto Him, 
and said, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me, 
and forbid them not i for 
of such is the kingdom of 
heaven. 

Verily I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall not receive 
the kingdom of God as a 
little child, he shall not en- 
ter therein. 

And He took them up in 
His arms, put His hands 
upon them and blessed 
them. 

And when He was gone 
forth into the way, there 



came a certain ruler and 
kneeled to Him, saying, 
Good master, what good 
thing shall I do, that I may 
have eternal life ? 

And Jesus said unto him, 
Why callest thou me good ? 
there is none good but one, 
that is, God : but if thou wilt 
enter into life, keep the 
commandments. 

He saith unto Him, 
Which? Jesus said, Thou 
shalt do no murder, Thou 
shalt not commit adultery, 
Thou shalt not steal, Thou 
shalt not bear false witness, 

Honour thy father and 
thy mother : and, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as 
thyself. 

The young man saith 
unto Him, Master, all these 
have I kept from my youth 
up : what lack I yet ? 

Then Jesus, beholding 
him, loved him, and said 
unto him, One thing thou 
lackest : If thou wilt be 



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perfect, go thy way, sell 
whatsoever thou hast, and 
give to the poor, and thou 
shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come, take 
up the cross, and follow 
me. 

But when the young man 
heard that saying, he was 
sad, and went away sorrow- 
ful : for he had great pos- 
sessions. 

And when Jesus saw that 
he was very sorrowful, he 
looked round about, and 
saith unto His disciples, 
How hardly shall they that 
have riches enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

Verily I say unto you, 
That a rich man shall hardly 
enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

And the disciples were 
astonished at His words. 
But Jesus answereth again, 
and saith unto them, Chil- 
dren, how hard is it for 
them that trust in riches to 



enter into the kingdom of 
God! 

It is easier for a camel to 
go through the eye of a 
needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom 
of God, 

When His disciples heard 
it, they were exceedingly 
amazed, and astonished out 
of measure, saying among 
themselves, Who then can 
be saved ? 

And Jesus, looking upon 
them, saith, With men this 
is impossible ; but the things 
which are impossible with 
men are possible with God, 
for with God all things are 
possible. 

Then answered Peter and 
said unto Him, Behold, we 
have forsaken all, and 
followed thee ; what shall 
we have therefore ? 

And Jesus said unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, That 
ye which have followed me, 
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the Son of Man shall sit in 
the throne of His glory, ye 
also shall sit upon twelve 
thrones, judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. 

And every one that hath 
forsaken houses, or brethern 
or sisters, or father, or 
mother, or wife, or children, 
or lands, for my name's 
sake, and the gospel's shall 
receive an hundredfold now 
in this time, houses, and 
brethren, and sisters, and 
mothers, and children, and 
lands, with persecutions ; 
and in the world to come, 
eternal life. 

But many that are first 
shall be last ; and the last 
first. 

For the kingdom of 
heaven is like unto a man 
that is an householder, which 
went out early in the morn- 
ing to hire labourers into his 
vineyard. 

And when he had agreed 
with the labourers for a 



penny a day, he sent them 
into his vineyard. 

And he went out about 
the third hour, and saw 
others standing idle in 
the marketplace, and said 
unto them : Go ye also into 
the vineyard, and whatso- 
ever is right I will give you. 
And they went their way. 

Again he went out about 
the sixth and ninth hour, 
and did likewise. 

And about the eleventh 
honr he went out, and 
found others standing idle, 
and saith unto them, Why 
stand 3'e here all the day 
idle? 

They say unto him, Be- 
cause no man hath hired us. 
He saith unto them, Go 
ye also into the vineyard : 
and whatsoever is right, 
that shall ye receive. 

So when even was come, 
the lord of the vineyard 
saith unto his steward, Call 
the labourers, and give them 



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their hire, beginning from 
the last unto the first. 

And when they came that 
we?-e hired about the eleventh 
hour, they received every 
man a penny. 

But when the first came, 
they supposed that they 
should have received more ; 
and they likewise received 
every man a penny. 

And when they had re- 
ceived it y they murmured 
against the goodman of the 
house, saying, These last 
have wrought but one hour, 
and thou hast made them 
equal unto us, which have 
borne the burden and heat 
of the day. 

But he answered one of 
them, and said, Friend, I 
do thee no wrong : didst 
not thou agree with me for 
a penny? 

Take that thine is, and go 
thy way : I will give unto 
this last even as unto thee. 

Is it not lawful for me to 



do what I will with mine 
own ? Is thine eye evil, be- 
cause I am good : 

So the last shall be first, 
and the first last : for many 
be called, but few chosen. 

*y And He was teaching 
in one of the synagogues 
on the sabbath. 

And behold, there was a 
woman which had a spirit 
of infirmity eighteen years, 
and was bowed together, 
and could in no wise lift up 
herself. 

And when Jesus saw her, 
He called her to Him y and 
said unto her, Woman, thou 
art loosed from thine in- 
firmity. And He laid His 
hands on her : and imme- 
diately she was made 
straight, and glorified God. 

And the ruler of the 
synagogue answered with 
indignation, because that 
Jesus had healed on the 
sabbath day : and said unto 



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the people, There are six 
days in which men ought to 
work : in them therefore 
come and be healed, and 
not on the sabbath day. 

The Lord then answered 
him, and said, Thou hypo- 
crite, doth not each one of 
you on the sabbath loose his 
ox or his ass from the stall, 
and lead him away to 
watering ? 

And ought not this 
woman, being a daughter 
of Abraham, whom Satan 
hath bound, lo, these 
eighteen years, be loosed 
from this bond on the sab- 
bath day ? 

And when He had said 
these things, all His adver- 
saries were ashamed : and 
all the people rejoiced for 
all the glorious things that 
were done by Him. 

Then said He, unto what 
is the kingdom of God like ? 
and whereunto shall I 
resemble it ? 



NAZARETH 

It is like a grain of mus- 
tard seed, which a man took, 
and cast into his garden ; 
and it grew and waxed a 
great tree ; and the fowls 
of the air lodged in the 
branches of it. 

And again He said, 
Whereunto shall I liken 
the kingdom of God ? 

It is like leaven, which a 
woman took and hid in 
three measures of meal, till 
the whole was leavened. 

Then said one unto Him, 
L,ord, are there few that be 
saved ? And He said unto 
them, 

Strive to enter in at the 
straight gate : for many I 
say unto you, will seek to 
enter in, and shall not be 
able. 

When once the master of 
the house is risen up and 
hath shut to the door, and 
ye begin to stand without, 
and to knock at the door, 
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unto us ; and He shall 
answer and say unto you, I 
know 3 t ou not whence ye are. 

Then shall ye begin to 
say, We have eaten and 
drunk in thy presence, and 
thou hast taught in our 
streets. 

But He shall say, I tell 
you, I know you not whence 
ye are ; depart from me, all 
3 T e workers of iniquity, 

There shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth when 
ye shall see Abraham, and 
Isaac, and Jacob, and all 
the prophets, in the king- 
dom of God, and you your- 
selves thrust out. 

And they shall come from 
the east, and from the west; 
and from the north, and 
from the south, and shall 
sit down in the kingdom of 
God. 

And behold, there are 
last which shall be first ; 
and there are first which 
shall be last. 



The same da}' there came 
certain of the Pharisees, 
saying unto Him, Get thee 
out and depart hence ; for 
Herod will kill thee. 

And He said unto them, 
Go ye and tell that fox, Be- 
hold, I cast out devils, and 
I do cures to-day and to- 
morrow, and the third day I 
shall be perfected. 

Nevertheless I must walk 
to-day and to-morrow, and 
the day following : for it 
cannot be that a prophet 
perish out of Jerusalem. 

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
which killest the prophets, 
and stonest them that are 
sent unto thee ; how often 
would I have gathered thy 
children together as a hen 
doth gather her brood under 
her wings, and ye would 
not ! 

Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate : and 
verily I say unto you, Ye 
shall not see me until the 



272 JESUS OF NAZARETH 

time come when ye shall say, 
Blessed is He that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

CHRIST H K A I, K T H THK 
DROPSY. 

AND it came to pass, as 
He went into the 
house of one of the chief 
Pharisees to eat bread on the 
sabbath day, that they 
watched Him. 

And behold, there was a 
certain man before Him 
which had the dropsy. 

And Jesus answering 
spake unto the lawyers and 
Pharisees, saying, Is it law- 
ful to heal on the sabbath 
day ? 

And the}^ held their peace. 
And He took him, and healed 
him, and let him go ; 

And answered them, say- 
ing, Which of you shall have 
an ass or an ox fallen into a 
pit, and will not straightway 



pull him out on the sabbath 
day ? 

And they could not an- 
swer Him again to these 
things. 

And He put forth a par- 
able to those which were 
bidden, when He marked 
how they chose out the 
chief rooms ; saying unto 
them, 

When thou art bidden of 
any man to a wedding, sit 
not down in the highest 
rooms ; lest a more honor- 
able man than thou be bid- 
den of him ; 

And he that bade thee 
and him, come and say to 
thee, Give this man place ; 
and thou begin with shame 
to take the lowest room. 

But when thou art bidden, 
go and sit down in the low- 
est room ; that when he that 
bade thee, cometh, he may 
say unto thee, Friend, go up 
higher : then shalt thou 
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ence of them that sit at 
meat with thee. 

For whosoever exalteth 
himself shall b^ abased ; 
and he that humbleth him- 
self shall be exalted. 

Then said He also to 
him that bade Him, When 
thou makest a dinner or a 
supper call not thy friends, 
nor thy brethren, neither 
thy kinsmen, nor thy rich 
neighbonrs ; lest they also 
bid thee again, and a re- 
compense be made thee. 

But when thou makest a 
feast, call the poor, the 
maimed, the blind : and 
thou shalt be blessed ; for 
they cannot recompense 
thee : for thou shalt be re- 
compensed at the resurrec- 
tion of the just. 

And when one of them 
that sat at meat with Him 
heard these things, he said 
unto Him, Blessed is he 
that shall eat bread in the 
kingdom of God ! 



Then said He unto him, 
A certain man made a great 
supper and bade many: and 
sent his servant at supper 
time, to say to them that 
were bidden, Come : for all 
things are now ready. 

And they all with one 
consent, began to make ex- 
cuse. The first said unto 
him, I have bought a piece 
of ground, and I must 
needs go and see it : I pray 
thee have me excused. 

And another said, I have 
bought five yoke of oxen, 
and I go to prove them : I 
pray thee have me excused. 

And another said, I have 
married a wife, and there- 
fore I cannot come. 

So that servant came and 
shewed his lord these things. 
Then the master of the 
house, being angry, said to 
his servant, Go out quickly 
into the streets and lanes of 
the city, and bring in 
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maimed, and the halt, and 
the blind. 

And the servant said, 
IyOrd, it is done as thou 
hast commanded, and yet 
there is room. 

And the lord said unto 
the servant, Go out into the 
highways and hedges, and 
compel them to come in, that 
my house may be filled. For 
I say unto you, That none 
of those men which were 
bidden, shall taste of my 
supper. 

HIS DISCIPLES TO BEAR 
THEIR CROSS. 

And there went great 
multitudes with Him : and 
He turned, and said unto 
them. 

If any man come to me 
and hate not his father and 
mother, and wife, and chil- 
dren, and brethren, and sis- 
ters, yea, and his own life 
also, cannot be my disciple. 

Andv whosoever doth not 



bear his cross, and come 
after me, cannot be my dis- 
ciple. 

For which of you, intend- 
ing to build a tower, sitteth 
not down first, and counteth 
the cost, whether he have 
sufficient to finish it? 

Lest haply, after he hath 
laid the foundation, and is 
not able to finish it, all that 
behold /V, begin to mock him, 
saying, This man began to 
build, and was not able to 
finish. 

Or what king, going to 
make war against another 
king, sitteth not down first, 
and consul teth whether be 
be able with ten thousand, 
to meet him that cometh 
against him with twenty 
thousand ? 

Or else, while the other is 
yet a great way off, he send- 
eth an ambassage, and desi- 
reth conditions of peace. 

So likewise, whosoever he 
be of you that forsaketh 




And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and took 
his journey into a far country. 



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not all that he hath, he can- 
not be my disciple. 

Salt is good : but if the 
salt have lost his savour, 
wherewith shall it be sea- 
soned. 

It is neither fit for the 
land, nor yet for the dung- 
hill ; but men cast it out. 
He that hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

THE PRODIGAL SOX. 

Thkn drew near unto 
Him all the publicans and 
sinners to hear Him. 

And the Pharisees and 
scribes murmured, sa}4ng, 
This man receiveth sinners, 
and eateth with them. 

And He spake this para- 
ble unto them, saying, 

What man of you, hav- 
ing a hundred sheep, if he 
lose one of them, doth not 
leave the ninety and nine in 
the wilderness, and go after 
Jthat which is lost, until he 
find it ? 



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And when he hath found 
it, he layeth // on his shoul- 
ders, rejoicing. 

And when he cometh 
home, he calleth together 
his friends and neighbors, 
saying unto them, Rejoice 
with me ; for I have found 
my sheep which was lost. 

I say unto you, that like- 
wise joy shall be in heaven 
over one sinner that re- 
penteth, more than over 
ninety and nine just per- 
sons, which need no repent- 
ance. 

Either what woman hav- 
ing ten pieces of silver, if 
she lose one piece, doth not 
light a candle, and sweep 
the house, and seek dili- 
gently till she find it ? 

And when she hath found 
if, she calleth her friends and 
her neighbours together, 
saying, Rejoice with me ; 
for I have found the piece 
which I had lost. 

Likewise, I say unto you, 



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there is joy in the presence 
of the angels of God over 
one sinner that repenteth. 

And He said, a certain 
man had two sons : 

And the younger of them 
said to his father, Father, 
give me the portion of goods 
that falleth to me. And he 
divided unto them his living. 

And not many days after, 
the younger son gathered 
all together, and took his 
journey into a far country, 
and there wasted his sub- 
stance with riotous living. 

And when he had spent 
all, there arose a mighty 
famine in that land ; and he 
began to be in want. 

And he went and joined 
himself to a citizen of that 
country ; and he sent him 
into his fields to feed swine. 

And he would fain have 
filled his belly with the 
husks that the swine did 
eat : and no man gave unto 
him. 



And when he came to 
himself, he said. How 
many hired servants of my 
father's have bread enough 
and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger ! 

I will arise and go to my 
father, and will say unto 
him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and before 
thee, and am no more 
worthy to be called thy son : 
make me as one of thy hired 
servants. 

And he arose, and came 
to his father. But when he 
was yet a great way off, his 
father saw him, and had 
compassion, and ran, and 
fell on his neck, and kissed 
him. 

And the son said unto 
him, Father, I have sinned 
against heaven, and in thy 
sight, and am no more 
worthy to be called thy son. 

But the father said to his 
servants, Bring forth the 
best robe, and put it on 




And he arose, and came to his father. 



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him ; and put a ring on his 
hand, and shoes on his feet : 

And bring hither the fat- 
ted calf, and kill it; and let 
us eat, and be merry : for 
this my son was dead, and 
is alive again ; he was lost, 
and is found ! And they 
began to be merry. 

Now the elder son was in 
the field : and as he came 
and drew nigh to the house, 
he heard music and dancing. 

And he called one of the 
servants, and asked w^hat 
these things meant. 

And he said unto him, 
Thy brother is come ; and 
thy father hath killed the 
fatted calf, because he hath 
received him safe and 
sound. 

And he was angry, and 
would not go in : therefore 
came his father out, and en- 
treated him. 

And he answering said 
to his father, Lo, these many 
years do I serve thee, neither 



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transgressed I at any time 
thy commandment ; and yet 
thou never gavest me a kid, 
that I might make merry 
with my friends : 

But as soon as this thy 
son was come, which hath 
devoured thy living with 
harlots, thou hast killed for 
him the fatted calf. 

And he said unto him, 
Son, thou art ever with me, 
and all that I have is thine. 

It was meet that we 
should make merry and be 
glad : for this thy brother 
was dead, and is alive again; 
and was lost and is found ! 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

PARABLE OF THK UNJUST 
STEWARD. 



A : 



ND He said also unto 

His disciples, There 

was a certain rich man, 

which had a steward? and 

the same was accused unto 



284 JESUS OF 

him that he had wasted his 
goods. 

And he called him and 
said unto him, How is it 
that I hear this of thee ; 
give an account of thy 
stewardship; for thou 
mayest be no longer stew- 
ard. 

Then the steward said 
within himself, What shall 
I do? for my lord taketh 
away from me the steward- 
ship; I cannot dig ; to beg 
I am ashamed. 

I am resolved what to do, 
that, when I am put out of 
the stewardship, they may 
receive me into their houses. 

So he called every one of 
his lord's debtors unto him, 
and said unto the first, How 
much owest thou my lord ? 

And he said a hundred 
measures of oil. And he 
said unto him, Take thy 
bill, and sit down quickly 
and write fifty. 

Then said he to another, 



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And how much owest thou ? 
And he said a hundred 
measures of wheat. And 
he said unto him, Take thy 
bill and write fourscore. 

And the lord commended 
the unjust steward, because 
he had done wisely : for the 
children of this world are 
in their generation wiser 
than the children of light. 

And I say unto you, Make 
to y ourselves friends of the 
mammon of unrighteous- 
ness ; that, when ye fail, 
they may receive you into 
everlasting habitations. 

He that is faithful in that 
which is least, is faithful 
also in much : and he that 
is unjust in the least, is 
unjust also in much. 

If therefore ye have not 
been faithful in the unright- 
eous mammon, who will 
commit to your trust the 
true riches ? 

And if ye have not been 
faithful in that which is an- 



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other man's, who shall give 
you that which is your own ? 

No servant can serve two 
masters : for either he will 
hate the one, and love the 
other ; or else he will hold 
to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve 
God and mammon. 

And the Pharisees also, 
who were covetous, heard 
all these things : and they 
derided Him. 

And He said unto them, 
Ye are they which justify 
yourselves before men ; but 
God knoweth your hearts : 
for that which is highly 
esteemed among men, is 
abomination in the sight of 
God. 

The law and the prophets 
were until John : since that 
time the kingdom of God is 
preached, and every man 
presseth into it. 

And it is easier for heaven 
and earth to pass, than one 
tittleof the law to fail. 



Whosoever putteth away 
his wife, and marrieth 
another, committeth adul- 
tery : and whosoever mar- 
rieth her that is put away 
from her husband, commit- 
teth adultery. 

THK GLUTTON AND THE 
BEGGAR. 

There was a certain rich 
man which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen, and 
fared sumptuously every 
day. 

And there was a certain 
beggar named Lazarus, 
which was laid at his gate, 
full of sores, and desiring 
to be fed with the crumbs 
which fell from the rich 
man's table. Moreover the 
dogs came and licked his 
sores. 

And it came to pass, that 
the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into 
Abraham's bosom : the rich 



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man also died and was 
buried. 

And in hell he lifted up 
his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, 
and Iyazarus in his bosom. 

And he cried and said, 
Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send 
Lazarus, that he may dip 
the tip of his finger in 
water and cool my tongue, 
for I am tormented in this 
flame. 

But Abraham said, Son, 
remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Iyaza- 
rus evil things : but now he 
is comforted and thou art 
tormented. 

And beside all this, be- 
tween us and you there is a 
great gulf fixed : so that 
they which would pass from 
hence to you, cannot ; nei- 
ther can they pass to us, 
that would come from thence. 

Then he said, I pray thee 



therefore, father, that thou 
wouldest send him to my 
father's house : for I have 
five brethren ; that he may 
testify unto them, lest they 
also come into this place of 
torment. 

Abraham said unto him, 
They have Moses and the 
prophets ; let them hear 
them. 

And he said, Nay, father 
Abraham : but if one went 
unto them from the dead, 
they will repent. 

And he said unto him, If 
they hear not Moses and 
the prophets, neither will 
they be persuaded, though 
one rose from the dead. 

% Then said He unto the 
disciples, It is impossible 
but that offences will come : 
but woe unto hint, through 
whom they come ! 

It were better for him 
that a millstone were hanged 
about his neck, and he cast 




And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels 
into Abraham's bosom. 



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into the sea, than that he 
should offend one of these 
little ones. 

Take heed to yourselves : 
If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; 
and if he repent, forgive 
him. 

And if he trespass against 
thee seven times in a day, 
and seven times in a day 
turn again to thee, saying, I 
repent ; thou shalt forgive 
him. 

And the apostles said 
unto the Lord, Increase our 
faith. 

And the Lord said, If ye 
had faith as a grain of mus- 
tard seed, ye might say unto 
this sycamine tree, Be thou 
plucked up by the root, 
and be thou planted in the 
sea ; and it should obey 
you. 

But which of you, having 
a servant ploughing or feed- 
ing cattle, will say unto him 
by and by, when he is come 



from the field, Go and sit 
down to meat ? 

And will not rather say 
unio him, Make ready 
wherewith I ma}' sup, and 
gird thyself, and serve me, 
till I have eaten and 
drunken; and afterward 
thou shalt eat and drink ? 

Doth he thank that serv- 
ant because he did the 
things which are com- 
manded him ? I trow not. 

So likewise ye, when ye 
shall have done all those 
things which are com- 
manded you, say, We are 
unprofitable servants : we 
have done that which was 
our duty to do. 

THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 

And when He was de- 
manded of the Pharisees, 
when the kingdom of God 
should come, He answered 
them and said, The king- 
dom of God cometh not 
with observation : neither 



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shall they say, Lo here ! or, 
lo there ! for behold, the 
kingdom of God is within 
you. 

And He said unto the 
disciples, The days will 
come when ye shall desire 
to see one of the days of 
the Son of man, and ye 
shall not see it. 

And they shall say to 
you, See here ; or, see 
there, ; go not after them, 
nor follow them. 

For as the lightning that 
lighteneth out of the one 
part under heaven, shineth 
unto the other part under 
heaven ; so shall also the 
Son of man be in His 
day. 

But first must He surfer 
many things, and be re- 
jected of this generation. 

And as it was in the days 
of Noe, so shall it be also 
in the days of the Son of 
man. 

They did eat, they drank, 



they married wives, they 
were given in marriage, 
until the day that Noe en- 
tered into the ark, and the 
flood came, and destroyed 
them all. 

Likewise also as it was in 
the days of Lot ; they did 
eat, they drank, they 
bought, they sold, they 
planted, they builded ; 

But the same day that 
Lot went out of Sodom, it 
rained fire and brimstone 
from heaven, and destroyed 
them all. 

Even thus shall it be in 
the day when the Son of 
man is revealed. 

In that day, he which 
shall be upon the housetop, 
and his stuff in the house, 
let him not come down to 
take it away : and he that 
is in the field, let him like- 
wise not return back. 

Remember Lot's wife ! 

Whosoever shall seek to 
save his life shall lose it ; 



PASSE 

and whosoever shall lose his 
life shall preserve it. 

I tell you, in that night 
there shall be two men in 
one bed ; the one shall be 
taken, and the other shall be 
left. 

Two women shall be grind- 
ing together ; the one shall 
be taken and the other left. 

Two men shall be in the 
field ; the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. 

And they answered and 
said unto Him, Where, 
Lord? And He said unto 
them, Wheresoever the 
body is, thither will the 
eagles be gathered to- 
gether. 

OF THK IMPORTUNATE 
WIDOW. 

And He spake a parable 
unto them to this end, that 
men ought always to pray, 
and not to faint. 

Saying, There was in a 
city a judge, which feared 



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not God, neither regarded 
man. 

And there was a widow 
in that city ; and she came 
unto him, saying, Avenge 
me of mine adversary. 

And he would not for a 
while, but afterward he 
said within himself, Though 
I fear not God, nor regard 
man ; yet because this 
widow troubleth me, I will 
avenge her, lest by her con- 
tinual coming she weary 
me. 

And the Lord said, Hear 
what the unjust judge saith. 

And shall not God avenge 
His own elect, which cr} T 
da)- and night unto Him, 
though He bear long with 
them ? 

I tell you that He will 
avenge them speedily. Nev- 
ertheless, when the Son of 
man cometh shall He find 
faith on the earth ? 

And He spake this para- 
ble unto certain which 



290 JESUS OF 

trusted in themselves that 
they were righteous, and 
despised others. 

Two men went up into 
the temple to pray ; the one 
a Pharisee and the other a 
publican. 

The Pharisee stood up 
and prayed thus with him- 
self, God, I thank thee, 
that I am not as other 
men are, extortioners, un- 
just, adulterers, or even as 
this publican. 

I fast twice in the week, 
I give tithes of all that I 
possess. 

And the publican, stand- 
ing afar off, would not lift 
up so much as his eyes unto 
heaven, but smote upon his 
breast, saying, God be mer- 
ciful to me a sinner ! 

I tell you, this man went 
down to his house justified 
rather than the other : for 
every one that exalteth him- 
self shall be abased \ and 



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he that humbleth himself 
shall be exalted. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

CHRIST RAISKTH LAZARUS. 

NOW a certain man was 
sick, named Lazarus, 
of Bethany, the town of 
Mary and her sister Martha, 

(It was that Mary which 
anointed the Lord with 
ointment, and wiped His 
feet with her hair, whose 
brother Lazarus was sick. ) 

Therefore his sisters sent 
unto Him, saying, Lord, 
behold, he whom thou lovest 
is sick. 

When Jesus heard that 
He said, This sickness is not 
unto death, but for the 
glory of God, that the Son 
of God might be glorified 
thereby. 

Now Jesus loved Martha, 
and her sister, and Lazarus. 

When He had heard 
therefore that he was sick, 



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He abode two days still in 
the same place where He 
was. 

Then after that, saith He 
to His disciples, let us go 
into Judea again. 

His disciples say unto 
Him, Master, the Jews of 
late sought to stone thee ; 
and goest thou thither 
again ? 

Jesus answered, Are there 
not twelve hours in the day ? 
If any man walk in the da}', 
he stumbleth not, because 
he seeth the light of this 
world. 

But if a man walk in the 
night, he stumbleth, because 
there is no light in him. 

These things said He : 
and after that He saith unto 
them, Our friend Lazarus 
sleepeth ; but I go, that I 
may awake him out of 
sleep. 

Then said His disciples, 
Lord, if he sleep, he shall 
do well. 



Howbeit Jesus spake of 
his death : but they thought 
that He had spoken of tak- 
ing rest in sleep. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them plainly, Lazarus is 
dead. 

And I am glad for your 
sakes that I was not there, 
to the intent ye may be- 
lieve ; nevertheless let us 
go unto him. 

Then said Thomas, which 
is called Didymus, unto his 
fellow disciples, Let us also 
go, that we may die w r ith 
Him. 

Then when Jesus came, 
He found that he had lain 
in the grave four days al- 
ready. 

Now Bethany was nigh 
unto Jerusalem, about fif- 
teen furlongs off, and many 
of the Jews came to Martha 
and Mary, to comfort them 
concerning their brother. 

Then Martha, as soon as 
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coming, went and met Him: 
but Mary sat still in the 
house. 

Then said Martha unto 
Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst 
been here, my brother had 
not died ! 

But I know, that even 
now, whatsoever thou wilt 
ask of God, God will give 
it thee. 

Jesus saith unto her, Thy 
brother shall rise again. 

Martha said unto Him, 
I know that he shall rise 
again in the resurrection at 
the last day. 

Jesus said unto her, I am 
the resurrection and the 
life : he that believetli in 
me, though he were dead, 
yet shall he live : and 
whosoever liveth and be- 
lieveth in me shall never 
die. Believest thou 
this? 

She saith unto Him, Yea, 
Iyord : I believe that Thou 
art the Christ, the Son of 



God, which should come 
into the world. 

And when she had so 
said, she went her way, and 
called Mary her sister 
secretly, saying, The Master 
is come, and calleth for thee. 

As soon as she heard that, 
she arose quickly , and came 
unto Him. 

Now Jesus was not yet 
come into the town, but 
was in that place where 
Martha met Him. 

The Jews then which 
were with her in the house, 
and comforted her, when 
they saw Mary, that she 
rose up hastily and went 
out, followed her, saying, 
She goeth unto the grave to 
weep there. 

Then when Mary was 
come where Jesus was, and 
saw Him, she fell down at 
His feet, saying unto Him, 
Lord, if Thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not 
died! 




And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, 
come forth ! 



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295 



When Jesus therefore saw 
her weeping, and the Jews 
also weeping which came 
with her, He groaned in 
the spirit, and was troubled; 

And said, Where have ye 
laid him ? They said unto 
Him, Lord, come and see. 

Jesus wept. 

Then said the Jews, Be- 
hold how He loved him ! 

And some of them said, 
Could not this man, which 
opened the eyes of the 
blind, have caused that 
even this man should not 
have died? 

Jesus therefore again 
groaning in Himself cometh 
to the grave. It was a cave, 
and a stone lay upon it. 

Jesus said, Take ye away 
the stone. Martha, the 
sister of him that was dead, 
saith unto Him, Lord, by 
this time he stinketh : for 
he hath been dead four 
days. 

Jesus saith unto her, 



Said I not unto thee, that, 
if thou wouldest believe, 
thou shouldest see the 
glory of God ! 

Then they took away the 
stone from the place where 
the dead was laid. 

And Jesus lifted up His 
eyes and said, Father, I 
thank thee that thou hast 
heard me, And I knew that 
thou hearest me always ; 
but because of the people 
which stand by I said 1/, 
that they may believe that 
thou hast sent me. 

And when He had thus 
spoken, He cried with a 
loud voice, Lazarus, come 
forth ! 

And he that was dead 
came forth, bound hand 
and foot with graveclothes ; 
and his face was bound 
about with a napkin. Jesus 
saith unto them, Loose him, 
and let him go. 

Then many of the Jews 
which came to Mary, and 



296 



had seen the things which 
Jesus did, believed on Him. 

But some of them went 
their ways to the Pharisees, 
and told them what things 
Jesus had done. 

Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Pharisees a 
council, and said, What do 
we? for this man doeth 
many miracles. 

If we let Him thus alone, 
all men will believe 011 Him ; 
and the Romans shall come 
and take away both our 
place and nation. 

And one of them, named 
Caiaphas, being the high 
priest that same year, said 
unto them, Ye know noth- 
ing at all, nor consider it is 
expedient for us, that 
one man should die for 
the people, and that 
the whole nation perish 
not. 

And this spake he not of 
himself : but being high 
priest that year, he prophe- 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 

sied that Jesus should die 
for that nation ; 

And not for that nation 
only, but that also He 
should gather together in 
one the children of God 
that were scattered abroad. 

Then from that day forth 
they took counsel together 
to put Him to death. 

Jesus therefore walked no 
more openly among the 
Jews ; but went thence unto 
a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called 
Ephraim, and there con- 
tinued with His disciples. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

JESUS FORETEHS HIS 
DKATH AND RESURREC- 
TION. 



A : 



ND Jesus going up to 
Jerusalem, took the 
twelve disciples apart in the 
way, and began to tell them 
what things should happen 
unto Him, saying, 



Behold, we go up to Je- 
rusalem ; and all things that 
are written by the prophets 
concerning the Son of man 
shall be accomplished. 

And they were amazed ; 
and as they followed, they 
were afraid. 

And He said unto them, 
The Son of man shall be 
betrayed unto the chief 
priests and unto the scribes, 
and they shall condemn Him 
to death ; 

And He shall be delivered 
unto the Gentiles, and 
shall be mocked, and spite- 
fully entreated, and spitted 
on : 

And the}' shall scourge 
Hint, and put Him to death ; 
and the third da}' He shall 
rise again. 

And they understood 
none of these things : and 
this saying was hid from 
Ihem, neither knew they 
the things which were 
spoken. 



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r Then came to Him the 
mother of Zebedee's chil- 
dren, with her sons, James 
and John, worshipping-///?//, 
and saying, Master, we 
would that thou shouldest 
do for us whatsoever we 
shall desire. 

And He said unto them, 
What would ye that I should 
do for you ? 

She said unto Him, Grant 
that these my two sons 
may sit, the one on thy 
right hand and the other 
on the left, in thy kingdom. 

And Jesus answered and 
said, Ye know not what ye 
ask. Are ye able to drink 
of the cup that I shall 
drink of, and to be baptized 
with the baptism that 
I am baptized with ? 
They say unto Him, We 
are able. 

And Jesus said unto them, 
Ye shall indeed drink of the 
cup that I drink of ; and 
with the baptism that I am 



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baptized withal shall ye be 
baptized : 

But to sit on my right 
hand and on my left hand, 
is not mine to give, but 
it shall be given to them 
for whom it is prepared of 
my Father. 

And when the ten heard 
it, they were moved with in- 
dignation against the two 
brethren. 

But Jesus called them 
unto Him, and said, Ye 
know that the princes of 
the Gentiles exercise do- 
minion over them, and 
they that are great, ex- 
ercise authority upon them. 

But it shall not be so 
among you : but whoso- 
ever will be great among 
3^ou, let him be your minis- 
ter ; and whosoever will 
be chief among you, let 
him be yonr servant. 

For even the Son of man 
came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and 



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to give His life a ransom 
for many. 

THE BUND BEGGAR BARTI- 
M^US. 

And it came to pass that 
as he was come nigh unto 
Jericho, with His disciples 
and a great number of peo- 
ple, blind Bartimaeus, the 
the son of Timseus, sat by 
the highway side begging. 

And hearing the multi- 
tude pass by, he asked what 
it meant. 

And they told him^ that 
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by 

And when he heard that 
it was Jesus of Nazareth, he 
began to cry out, and say, 
Jesus, thou Son of David, 
have mercy on me ! 

And they which went 
before, rebuked him ; and 
many charged him that he 
should hold his peace : but 
he cried the more a great 
deal, thou Son of David, 
have mercy on me ! 




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And Jesus stood still, and 
commanded him to be 
called. And they call the 
blind man, saying unto him, 
Be of good comfort, rise ; 
He calleth thee ! 

And he, casting away his 
garment, rose, and came to 
Jesus. 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto him, What wilt 
thou that I should do unto 
thee? The blind man 
said unto Him, Lord, 
that I may receive my 
sight. 

And Jesus said unto him 
Receive thy sight : thy 
faith hath saved thee. Go 
thy way ; thy faith hath 
made thee whole. 

And immediately he re- 
c e i v e d his sight, and 
followed Jesus in the way, 
glorifying God : and 
all the people when they 
saw it, gave praise unto 
God. 



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And Jesus entered and 
passed through Jericho. 

And behold, there was a 
man named Zacchseus, 
which was the chief among 
the publicans, and he was 
rich. 

And he sought to see Je- 
sus who he was ; and could 
not for the press, because 
he was little of stature. 

And he ran before, and 
climbed up into a sycamore 
tree to see Him ; for He 
was to pass that way. 

And when Jesus came to 
the place, He looked up 
and saw him, and said unto 
him, Zacchseus, make haste 
and come down ; for to-day 
I must abide at thy house. 

And he made haste and 
came down, and received 
Him joyfull}\ 

And when they saw it, 
They all murmured, say- 
ing, That He was gone to 



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be guest with a man that is 
a sinner. 

And Zacchseus stood and 
said unto the Lord, Behold, 
Lord, the half of my goods 
I give to the poor ; and if I 
have taken any thing from 
any man by false accusa- 
tion, I restore him four- 
fold. 

And Jesus said unto him, 
This day is salvation come 
to this house, forasmuch as 
he also is a son of Abra- 
ham. 

For the Son of man is 
come to seek and to save 
that which was lost. 

And as they heard these 
things, He added and spake 
a parable, because He was 
nigh to Jerusalem, and 
because they thought 
that the kingdom of God 
should immediately ap- 
pear. 

He said therefore, A cer- 
tain nobleman went into a 
far country to receive for 



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himself a kingdom, and to 
return. 

And he called his ten 
servants, and delivered 
them ten pounds, and said 
unto them, Occupy till I 
come. 

But his citizens hated 
him, and sent a message 
after him, saying, We will 
not have this man to reign 
over us. 

And it came to pass, that 
when he was returned, hav- 
ing received the kingdom, 
then he commanded these 
servants to be called unto 
him, to whom he had given 
the money, that he might 
know how much every 
man had gained by trad- 
ing. 

Then came the first, say- 
ing, Lord, thy pound hath 
gained ten pounds. 

And he said unto him, 
Well, thou good servant : 
because thou hast been 
faithful in a very little, have 



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thou authority 
cities. 

And the second came, 
saying, Lord, thy pound 
hath gained five pounds. 

And he said likewise to 
him, Be thou also over five 
cities. 

And another came, say- 
ing, Lord, behold, here is 
thy pound, which I have 
kept laid up in a napkin : 

For I feared thee, because 
thou art an austere man : 
thou takest up that thou 
layedst not down, and reap- 
est that thou didst not sow. 

And he said unto him, 
Out of thine own mouth 
will I judge thee, thou 
wicked servant. Thou 
knewest that I was an 
austere man, taking up 
that I laid not down, and 
reaping that I did not 
sow : 

Wherefore then gavest 
not thou my money into the 
bank, that at my coming I 



might have required mine 
own with usury ? 

And he said unto them 
that stood by, Take from 
him the pound, and give it 
to him that hath ten pounds. 

(And they said unto him, 
Lord, he hath ten pounds. ) 

For I say unto you, That 
unto every one which hath, 
shall be given ; and from 
him that hath not, even 
that he hath shall be taken 
away from him. 

But those mine enemies, 
which would not that I 
should reign over them , 
bring hither, and slay them 
before me. 

And when He had thus 
spoken, He went before, 
ascending up to Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

JESUS SUPS WITH MARY, 
MARTHA AXD UAZARUS. 

AND the Jews' passover 
was nigh at hand : 
and many went out of the 



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country up to Jerusalem be- 
fore the passover to purify 
themselves. 

Then sought they for Je- 
sus, and spake among them- 
selves as they stood in the 
temple, What think ye, 
that He will not come to 
the feast ? 

Now both the chief priests 
and the Pharisees had given 
a commandment, that if 
any man knew where He 
were, he should shew iV, that 
they might take Him. 

Then Jesus, six days be- 
fore the passover, came to 
Bethany, where Lazarus 
was which had been dead, 
whom He raised from the 
dead. 

Much people of the Jews 
also knew that He was 
there : and they came not 
for Jesus' sake only, but 
that they might see Laza- 
rus also, whom He had 
raised from the dead. 

But the chief priests con- 



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suited that they might put 
Lazarus also to death ; be- 
cause that by reason of 
him, many of the Jews 
went away and believed on 
Jesus. 

And Jesus, being in Beth- 
any, in the house of Simon 
the leper, they made Him 
a supper ; and Martha 
served ; but Lazarus was 
one of them that sat at the 
table with Him. 

Then took Mary an ala- 
baster box of very precious 
ointment of spikenard, very 
costly, and she brake the 
box, and poured //on His 
head as He sat at meat, and 
anointed the feet of Jesus, 
and wiped His feet with her 
hair : and the house was 
filled with the odour of the 
ointment. 

But when His disciples 
saw it, there were some 
that had indignation 
within themselves, and 
murmured against her, say 



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ing, To what purpose is this 
waste ? 

Then saith one of His 
disciples, (Judas Iscariot, 
Simon's son, which should 
betray Him,) Why w T as not 
this ointment sold for three 
hundred pence, and given to 
the poor ? 

This he said, not that he 
cared for the poor ; but be- 
cause he was a thief, and 
had the bag, and bare what 
was put therein. 

Then said Jesus, Let her 
alone ; why trouble ye her ? 
she hath wrought a good 
work on me : against the 
day of my burying hath she 
kept this. 

For ye have the poor with 
you always, and whensoever 
ye will, ye may do them 
good : but me ye have not 
always. 

She hath done what she 
could : 

For in that she hath 
poured this ointment on my 



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body, she is come aforehand 
to anoint my body for the 
burial. 

Verily I say unto you, 
Wheresoever this gospel 
shall be preached through- 
out the whole world, there 
shall also this that she hath 
done, be told for a memo- 
rial of her. 

And it came to pass on 
the next day, when they 
drew nigh unto Jerusalem, 
and were come unto Beth- 
phage, unto the mount of 
Olives, much people that 
were come to the feast, 
w r hen they heard that Jesus 
was coming to Jerusalem, 

Took branches of palm 
trees, and went forth to 
meet Him, and cried, Ho- 
sanna ! Blessed is the king 
of Israel that cometh in the 
name of the Lord ! 

Then sent Jesus forth two 
of His disciples, and saith 
unto them, Go your way 
into the village over against 



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you ; and as soon as ye be 
entered into it, straightway 
ye shall find an ass tied and 
a colt with her, whereon 
never man sat : loose them, 
bring them unto me. 

And if any man say unto 
you, Why do ye this? say 
ye, The Lord hath need of 
them, and straightway he 
will send them. 

And the disciples that 
were sent went their way, 
and found the colt even as 
He had said unto them, tied 
by the door without, in a 
place where two ways met; 
and they loose him. 

And as they were loosing 
the colt, the owners thereof 
that stood there, said unto 
them, What do ye, loosing 
the colt ? 

And they said, The Lord 
hath need of him ; even 
as Jesus had commanded : 
and they let them go. 

And they brought the ass 
and the colt to Jesus, and 



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cast their garments upon 
the colt, and they set Jesus 
thereon. 

All this was done, that it 
might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophets, 
saying, 

"Tell ye the daughter of 
Sion, Fear not ; behold, thy 
king cometh unto thee, 
meek, and sitting upon an 
ass, and a colt the foal of 
an ass." 

These things understood 
not His disciples at the 
first : but when Jesus was 
glorified, then remembered 
they that these things were 
written of Him, and that 
they had done these things 
unto Him. 

The people therefore that 
was with Him when He 
called Lazarus out of 
his grave, and raised him 
from the dead, bare re- 
cord. 

For this cause the people 
also met Him, for that they 




'The Lord hath need of them.' 



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heard that He 
this miracle. 



had done 



CHRIST RIDETH INTO JERU- 
SALEM 

And as He went, a very 
great multitude spread their 
garments in the way ; 
others cut down branches 
from the trees, and strewed 
them in the way. 

And when He was come 
nigh, even now at the de- 
scent of the mount of Olives, 
the whole multitude of the 
disciples, and the multitudes 
that went before, and that 
followed, began to rejoice 
and praise God with a loud 
voice for all the mighty 
works that they had seen ; 

And cried, saying, Ho- 
sanna to the Son of David ! 
Hosanna in the highest ! 
Blessed be the king that 
cometh in the name of the 
Lord ! peace in heaven, and 
glory in the highest ! 



of our father David, that 
cometh in the name of the 
Lord ! Hosanna in the 
highest ! 

The Pharisees therefore 
said among themselves, Per- 
ceive ye how ye prevail 
nothing? behold, the world 
is gone after Him. 

And some of the Phari- 
sees from among the multi- 
tude said unto Him, Master, 
rebuke thy disciples. 

And He answered and 
said unto them, I tell you 
that, if these should hold 
their peace, the stones 
would immediately cry out. 

And when He was come 
near He beheld the city, 
and wept over it, sa}4ng, If 
thou hadst known, even 
thou, at least in this thy 
day, the things which belong 



thy 
are 



peace 



! but 



now 



hid from thine 



unto 
they 
eyes. 

For the days shall come 
Blessed be the kingdom I upon thee, that thine ene- 



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mies shall cast a trench 
about thee, and compass 
thee round and keep thee 
in on every side, and shall 
lay thee even with the 
ground, and thy children 
within thee ; 

And they shall not leave 
in thee one stone upon 
another ; because thou 
knewest not the time of 
thy visitation. 

And when He was come 
into Jerusalem all the city 
was moved, saying, Who is 
this? 

And the multitude 
said This is Jesus the 
prophet of Nazareth of 
Galilee. 

And He went into the 
temple, and began to cast 
out them that sold therein, 
and them that bought ; and 
overthrew the tables of the 
money-changers, and the 
seats of them that sold 
doves ; and would not suffer 
that any man should carry 



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any vessel through the tem- 
ple ; saying unto them, 

Is it not written, "My 
house shall be called of all 
nations the house of 
pra}'er?" but ye have made 
it a den of thieves. 

And the scribes and chief 
priests heard it i and sought 
how they might destroy 
Him : and could not find 
what they might do : for 
all the people were aston- 
ished at His doctrine, and 
were very attentive to hear 
Him. 

And the blind and the 
lame came to Him in the 
temple ; and He healed 
them. 

And when the chief 
priests and scribes saw the 
wonderful things that He 
did, and the children cry- 
ing in the temple, and say- 
ing, Hosanna to the Son of 
David ! they were sore dis- 
pleased, 

And said unto Him, 



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Hearest thou what these 
say ? And Jesus saith unto 
them, Yea ; have ye never 
read, "Out of the mouth of 
babes and sucklings Thou 
hast perfected praise ?' ' 

And when He had looked 
round about upon all things, 
and now the eventide was 
come, He left them, and 
went out of the city unto 
Bethany with the twelve, 
and He lodged there. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

THE FRUITLESS FIG TREE. 

AND on the morrow, in 
the morning, when 
they were come from Beth- 
any, as He returned into 
the city, He hungered. 

And when He saw a fig 
tree in the way, afar off, 
having leaves, He came, if 
haply he might find any 
thing thereon : and when 
He came to it, He found 



nothing but leaves ; for the 
time of figs was not yet. 

And Jesus said unto it, 
Let no fruit grow on the tree 
henceforward for ever. And 
His disciples heard it. And 
presently the fig tree with- 
ered away. 

And they came to Jeru- 
salem : and it came to pass 
as He taught the people in 
the temple and preached 
the gospel, the chief priests 
and the scribes came upon 
Him with the elders, and 
spake unto Him, saying, 

Tell us by what authority 
doest thou these things, and 
who gave thee this au- 
thority. 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto them, I will also 
ask of you one question : 
the baptism of John, whence 
was it ? from heaven or of 
men? Answer me, and I 
in likewise will tell you by 
w 7 hat authority I do these 
things. 



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And they reasoned with 
themselves saying, If we 
shall say from heaven, He 
will say, Why then did ye 
not believe him ? but if we 
shall say of men, all the 
people will stone us ; for 
they be persuaded that John 
was a prophet indeed. 

And they answered and 
said unto Jesus, We cannot 
tell whence it was. And 
Jesus said unto them, 
Neither do I tell you by 
what authority I do these 
things. 

But what think ye ? A 
certain man had two sons ; 
and he came to the first, 
and said, Son, go work to- 
da}^ in my vineyard. 

He answered and said, I 
will not ; but afterward he 
repented, and went. 

And he came to the sec- 
ond, and said likewise. And 
he answered and said, I go, 
sir ; and went not. 

Whether of them twain 



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did the will of his father? 
They say unto Him, The 
first. Jesus saith unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, that 
the publicans and the har- 
lots go into the kingdom of 
God before you. 

For John came unto you 
in the w r ay of righteousness, 
and ye believed him not ; 
but the publicans and the 
harlots believed him : and ye, 
when ye had seen //, re- 
pented not afterward, that 
ye might believe him. 

Hear another parable : 
There w T as a certain house- 
holder, which planted a 
vineyard, and hedged it 
round about, and digged a 
winepress in it, and built a 
tower, and let it out to 
husbandmen, and went into 
a far country for a long 
time. 

And when the time of 
the fruit drew near, he sent 
to the husbandmen a ser- 
vant, that he might receive 




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from the husbandmen of the 
fruit of the vineyard. 

And the husbandmen 
caught him, and beat him, 
and sent him away empty. 

And again he sent unto 
them another servant ; and 
at him they cast stones, and 
wounded him in the head, 
and entreated him shame- 
fully, and sent him away 
empty. 

And again he sent a 
third : and him they killed, 
and many others ; beating 
some and killing some. 

Then said the Lord of 
the vineyard, What shall I 
do ? I will send my be- 
loved son ; it may be they 
will reverence him when 
they see him. 

Having yet therefore one 
son, his well beloved, he 
sent him also last unto 
them, saying, They will 
reverence my son. 

But when the husband- 
men saw him they reasoned 



among themselves, saying, 
This is the heir ; come, let 
us kill him, that the inheri- 
tance may be ours. 

So they cast him out of 
the vine3 T ard, and killed 
him. 

When therefore the Lord 
of the vineyard cometh, 
what will he do unto those 
husbandmen? He will 
miserably destroy those 
wicked men, and will let 
out his vineyard unto other 
husbandmen, which shall 
render him the fruits in 
their seasons. 

And when they heard */, 
they said, God forbid ! 

And He beheld them, and 
said, What is this then that 
is written ? Did ye never 
read this Scripture : ' ' The 
stone which the builders 
rejected, the same is become 
the head of the corner : this 
is the Lord's doing, and it 
is marvellous in our eyes ? ' ' 

Therefore say I unto you, 



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The kingdom of God shall 
be taken from you, and 
given to a nation bringing 
forth the fruits thereof. 

And whosoever shall fall 
on this stone shall be 
broken : but on whomso- 
ever it shall fall, it will 
grind him to powder. 

And when the chief 
priests and Pharisees had 
heard His parables, they 
perceived that He spake of 
them ; and they sought the 
same hour to lay hold on 
Him, but feared the multi- 
tude, because they took 
Him for a prophet. 

And they left Him, and 
went their way, and took 
counsel how they might 
entangle Him in His talk. 

For though He had done 
so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not 
on Him : that the saying of 
Esaias the prophet might 
be fulfilled, which he spake, 
' ' Iyord, who hath believed 



our report? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord 
been revealed ? ' ' 

Therefore they could not 
believe, because that Esaias 
said again, 4 ' He hath 
blinded their eyes, and 
hardened their heart ; that 
they should not see with 
their eyes, nor understand 
with their heart, and be 
converted, and I should 
heal them. " 

These things said Esaias, 
when he saw His glory, and 
spake of Him. 

Nevertheless among the 
chief rulers also many be- 
lieved on Him ; but because 
of the Pharisees they did 
not confess Him, lest they 
should be put out of the 
synagogue : 

For they loved the praise 
of men more than the 
praise of God. 

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temple ; and at night He 
went out, and abode in the 
mount that is called the 
mount of Olives. 

And all the people came 
early in the morning to 
Him in the temple, for to 
hear Him. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

AND as He returned in- 
to the city with His 
disciples, as they passed by, 
they saw the fig tree which 
He had cursed dried up 
from the roots ; and when 
the disciples saw it, they 
marvelled ; 

And Peter calling to re- 
membrance, saith unto 
Him, Master, behold, the 
fig tree which thou cursedst 
is whithered away ! 

And Jesus answering 
saith unto them, Have faith 
in God. 

For verily I say unto you, 
If ye have faith, and doubt 



not, ye shall not only do 
this which is done to the fig 
tree, but also if 3-e shall say 
unto this mountain, Be thou 
removed, and be thou cast 
into the sea; it shall be done. 

And all things, whatso- 
ever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. 

Therefore I say unto you, 
What things, soever ye de- 
sire, when ye pray, believe 
that ye receive them, and ye 
shall have them. 

And when ye stand pray- 
ing, forgive, if ye have 
aught against an}' ; that 
you Father also which is in 
heaven may forgive you 
your trespasses. 

But if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father 
which is in heaven forgive 
your trespasses. 

% And there were certain 
Greeks among them that 
came up to worship at the 
feast : 



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The same came therefore 
to Philip, which was of 
Bethsaida of Galilee, and 
desired him, saying, Sir, 
we would see Jesus. 

Philip cometh and telleth 
Andrew : and again Andrew 
and Philip tell Jesus. 

And Jesus answered 
them, saying, The hour is 
come, that the Son of man 
should be glorified. 

Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Except a corn of 
wheat fall into the ground 
and die, it abideth alone : 
but if it die, it bringeth 
forth much fruit. 

He that loveth his life 
shall lose it ; and he that 
hateth his life in this world, 
shall keep it unto life 
eternal. 

If any man serve me, let 
him follow me ; and where 
I am, there shall also my 
servant be ; if any man 
serve me, him will my 
Father honour. 



NAZARETH 

Now is my soul troubled ; 
and what shall I say ? 
Father, save me from this 
hour? but for this cause 
came I unto this hour. 
Father, glorify thy name. 

A VOICE FROM HEAVEN 

Then came there a voice 
from heaven, saying, I have 
both glorified it, and will 
glorify it again. 

The people therefore that 
stood by, and heard iV, said 
that it thundered : others 
said, An angel spake to 
Him. 

Jesus answered and said 
This voice came not because 
of me, but for your sakes. 

Now is the judgment of 
this world : now shall the 
prince of this world be cast 
out. 

And I, if I be lifted up 
from the earth, will draw 
all men unto me. 

(This He said, signifying 
what death He should die.) 



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The people answered Him. 
We heard out of the law 
that Christ abideth forever : 
and how say est thou, The 
Son of man must be lifted 
up ! who is this Son of 
man? 

Then Jesus said unto them, 
Yet a little while is the light, 
with you. Walk while ye 
have the light, lest darkness 
come upon you : for he that 
walketh in darkness know- 
eth not whither he goeth. 

While ye have light, be- 
lieve in the light, that ye 
may be the children of light. 

He that believeth on me, 
believeth not on me, but on 
Him that sent me ; and he 
that seeth me, seeth Him 
that sent me. 

I am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever be- 
lieveth on me should not 
abide in darkness. 

And if any man hear my 
words, and believe not, I 
judge him not : for I came 



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not to judge the world, but 
to save the world. 

He that rejecteth me and 
receiveth not my words, hath 
one that judge th him : the 
word that I have spoken, 
the same shall judge him in 
the last day. 

For I have not spoken of 
myself ; but the Father 
which sent me, He gave me 
a commandment, what I 
should say, and what I 
should speak. 

And I know that His 
commandment is life ever- 
lasting : whatsoever I speak 
therefore, even as the 
Father said unto me, so I 
speak. 

THE WIDOWS MITE 

And Jesus sat over 
against the treasury ; and 
He looked up, and beheld 
how the people cast money 
into the treasury : and many 
that were rich cast in much. 

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poor widow, and she threw 
in two mites, which made a 
farthing. 

And He called unto Him 
His disciples, and saith unto 
them, Verily I say unto 
you, That this poor widow 
hath cast more in, than all 
they which have cast into 
the treasury ; 

For all they did cast in of 
their abundance unto the 
offerings of God : but she of 
her want did cast in all that 
she had, even all her living. 

^1 And Jesus answered 
and spake unto them again 
by parables, and said, 

The kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a certain king, 
which made a marriage for 
his son ; 

And sent forth his ser- 
vants to call them that were 
bidden to the wedding : 
and they would not come. 

Again, he sent forth 
other servants, saying, Tell 



them which are bidden, Be- 
hold, I have prepared my 
dinner : my oxen and my 
fatlings are killed, and all 
things are ready : come unto 
the marriage. 

But they made light of 
it, and went their ways, one 
to his farm, another to his 
merchandise : 

And the remnant took his 
servants, and entreated them 
spitefully, and slew them. 

But when the king heard 
thereof, he was wroth : and 
he sent forth his armies, 
and destroyed those mur- 
derers, and burned up their 
city. 

Then saith he to his ser- 
vants, The wedding is 
ready, but they which were 
bidden were not worthy. 

Go ye therefore into the 
highways, and as many as 
ye shall find, bid to the 
marriage. 

So those servants went 
out into the highways, and 




The Widow's Mite.. 



TRIBUTE TO BE PAID TO 
CESAR 

Then send the Pharisees 
Unto Him spies, to catch 
Him in His words, (certain 



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gathered together all as 
many as they found, both 
bad and good ; and the 
wedding was furnished with 
guests. 

And when the king came 
in to see the guests, he saw 
there a man which had not 
on a wedding garment : 

And he saith unto him, 
Friend, how earnest thou in 
hither not having a wedding 
garment? And he was 
speechless. 

Then said the king to the 
servants, Bind him hand 
and foot, and take him 
away, and cast him into 
outer darkness ; there shall 
be weeping and gnashing 
of teeth. 

For many are called, but 
few are chosen. 



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of their disciples with the 
Herodians, ) which should 
feign themselves just men, 
that they might take hold 
of His words, that so they 
might deliver Him unto the 
power and authority of the 
governor. 

And when they were 
come, they say unto Him, 
Master, we know that thou 
sayest and teachest rightly, 
that thou art true, and 
teachest the way of God in 
truth, neither car est thou 
for any man : for thou re- 
gardest not the person of 
men. 

Tell us therefore, What 
thinkest thou ? Is it lawful 
to give tribute unto Caesar, 
or not ? 

But Jesus perceived their 
craftiness, and knowing 
their hypocrisy and wicked- 
ness, said unto them, Why 
tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? 

Shew me the tribute 
money ; bring me a penny 



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that I may see it. And 
they brought unto Him a 
penny. 

And He saith unto them 
Whose image and super- 
scription hath it ? They say 
unto Him, Caesar's. 

Then saith He unto 
them , Render therefore 
unto Caesar the things which 
are Caesar's ; and unto God 
the things that are God's. 

When they had heard 
these words , they marvelled 
at Him, and held their 
peace ; 

And they could not take 
hold of His words before 
the people : and they mar- 
velled at His answer, and 
left Him, and went their 
way. 

DENIERS OF THE RESURREC- 
TION SILENCED 

The same day came to 
Him certain of the Sad- 
ducees, which deny that 
there is any resurrection ; 



NAZARETH 

and they asked Him, say- 
ing, 

Master, Moses wrote unto 
us, If any man's brother 
die, having a wife, and he 
die without children, that 
his brother should marry 
his wife, and raise up seed 
unto his brother. 

Now there were with us 
seven brethren : and the 
first, when he had married 
a wife, died ; and, having 
no issue, left his wife unto 
his brother : 

And the second took her 
to wife, and he died child- 
less. 

And the third took her, 
and in like manner the seven 
also : and they left no 
children, and died. 

L,ast of all the woman 
died also. 

Therefore in the resur- 
rection when they all shall 
rise, whose wife shall she 
be of the seven ? for they 
all had her to wife. 




" Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God the 
things that are God's." 



T 



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And Jesus answering said 
unto them, Ye do err, be- 
cause ye know not the 
Scriptures, neither the 
power of God. 

The children of this world 
marry, and are given in 
marriage : but they which 
shall be accounted worthy 
to obtain that world, and 
the resurrection from the 
dead, neither marry, nor are 
given in marriage : 

Neither can they die any 
more : for they are equal 
unto the angels of God in 
heaven, and are the children 
of God, being the children 
of the resurrection. 

But as touching the res- 
urrection of the dead, have 
ye not read in the book of 
Moses, how in the bush God 
spake unto him, saying, " I 
am the God of Abraham, 
and the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob ?" 

He is not the God of the 
dead, but the God of the 



333 

living : for all live unto 
Him. Ye therefore do 
greatly err. 

And when the multitude 
heard this, they were aston- 
ished at His doctrine. 

CHAPTER XXXY. 



A LAWYER NOT FAR FROM 
THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 



HEX certain of the 
scribes answering 
said, Master, thou hast well 
said. 

But when the Pharisees 
had heard that He had put 
the Sadducees to silence, 
they were gathered to- 
gether. 

Then one of the scribes, 
(a lawyer,) came, and hav- 
ing heard them reasoning 
together, and pereeiving 
that He had answered them 
well, asked Him a question^ 
tempting Him, and saying, 

Master, which is the 
great commandment in the 



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JESUS OF 
command- 



law ; the first 
merit of all ? 

And Jesus answered him, 
The first of all the com- 
mandments is, "Hear. O 
Israel ; The Lord our God 
is one Lord : and thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy 
mind, and with all thy 
strength : ' ' 

This is the first and great 
commandment . 

And the second is like 
unto it, thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

On these two command- 
ments hang all the law and 
the prophets. There is none 
other commandment greater 
than these. 

And the scribe said unto 
Him, Well, Master, Thou 
hast said the truth : for 
there is one God ; and there 
is none other but He : 

And to love Him with all 
the heart, and with all the 



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understanding, and with all 
the soul, and with all the 
strength, and to love his 
neighbour as himself, is 
more than all whole burnt 
offerings and sacrifices. 

And when Jesus saw that 
he answered discreetly, He 
said unto him, thou art not 
far from the kingdom of 
God. And no man after 
that durst ask Him any 
question at all. 

While the Pharisees 
were gathered together, 
Jesus asked them, saying, 
What think ye of Christ? 
whose son is He? They 
say unto Him, The son of 
David. 

He said unto them, How 
then doth David in spirit 
call Him Lord? 

For David himself said 
in the book of Psalms, by 
the Holy Ghost, ' ' The Lord 
said to my Lord, 'Sit thou on 
my right hand, till I make 



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thine enemies thy foot- 
stool.'" 

David therefore himself 
calleth Him Lord ; How is 
He then his son ? 

And no man was able to 
answer Him a word, neither 
durst any ?na?i from that 
day forth ask Him any 
more questions. And the 
common people heard Him 
gladly. 

Then spake Jesus to the 
multitude, and to His disci- 
ples, saying, The scribes 
and the Pharisees sit in 
Moses' seat : all therefore 
whatsoever they bid you 
observe, that observe and 
do ; but do not ye after 
their works : for they say, 
and do not. 

For they bind heavy bur- 
dens and grievious to be 
borne, and lay them on 
men's shoulders; but they 
themselves will not move 
them with one of their 
fingers. 



But all their works they 
do for to be seen of men. 

They make broad their 
phylacteries, and enlarge 
the borders of their gar- 
ments, and love the upper- 
most rooms at feasts, and 
the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and greetings in 
the markets, and to be 
called of men , Rabbi, 
Rabbi. 

But be not ye called 
Rabbi : for one is your 
Master, even Christ ; and 
all ye are brethren. 

And call no man your 
father upon the earth : for 
one is your Father, which 
is in heaven. 

Neither be ye called 
masters : for one is your 
Master, even Christ. 

But he that is greatest 
among you, shall be your 
servant. 

And whosoever shall ex- 
alt himself, shall be 
abased ; and he that shall 



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humble himself, shall be 
exalted. 

But woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye shut up the kingdom 
of heaven against men : for 
ye neither go in yourselves^ 
neither suffer ye them that 
are entering to go in. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye devour widows' 
houses, and for a pretence 
make long prayer : therefore 
ye shall receive the greater 
damnation. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte ; and 
when he is made, ye make 
him twofold more the 
child of hell than your- 
selves. 

Woe unto you, ye blind 
guides ! which say, Whoso- 
ever shall swear by the 
temple, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever shall swear by 



the gold of the temple, he 
is a debtor. 

Ye fools and blind : for 
whether is greater, the gold, 
or the temple that sanctifieth 
the gold ? 

And, Whosoever shall 
swear by the altar, it is 
nothing ; but whosoever 
sweareth by the gift that is 
upon it, he is guilty. 

Ye fools and blind : for 
whether is greater, the gift, 
or the altar that sanctifieth 
the gift ? 

Whoso therefore shall 
swear by the altar, sweareth 
by it, and by all things 
thereon. 

And whoso shall swear 
by the temple, sweareth by 
it, and by Him that dwelleth 
therein. 

And he that shall swear 
by heaven, sweareth by the 
throne of God, and by Him 
that sitteth thereon. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 



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for ye pay tithe of mint and 
anise and cummin, and have 
omitted the weightier 
matters of the law, judg- 
ment, mercy, and faith : 
these ought ye to have 
done, and not to leave the 
other undone. 

Ye blind guides, which 
strain at a gnat, and 
swallow a camel. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye make clean the out- 
side of the cup and of the 
platter, but within they 
are full of extortion and 
excess. 

Thou blind Pharisee, 
cleanse first that which is 
within the cup and platter, 
that the outside of them 
may be clean also. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye are like unto whited 
sepulchres, which indeed 
appear beautiful outward, 
but are within full of dead 



men's bones, and of all un- 
cleanness. 

Even so ye also outwardly 
appear righteous unto men, 
but w T ithin ye are full of 
hypocrisy and iniquity. 

Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
because ye build the tombs 
of the prophets, and gar- 
nish the sepulchres of the 
righteous, and say, If we 
had been in the days of our 
fathers, we would not have 
been partakers with them 
in the blood of the pro- 
phets. 

Wherefore ye be wit- 
nesses unto yourselves, that 
ye are the children of them 
which killed the prophets. 

Fill ye up then the meas- 
ure of your fathers. 

Ye serpents, ye generation 
of vipers ! how can ye es- 
cape the damnation of hell ? 

Wherefore behold, I send 
unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes : and some 



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of them ye shall kill and 
crucify ; and some of them 
shall ye scourge in your 
synagogues, and persecute 
them from city to city : 

That upon you may come 
all the righteous blood shed 
upon the earth, from the 
blood of righteous Abel 
unto the blood of Zacharias 
son of Barachias, whom ye 
slew between the temple and 
the altar. 

Verily I say unto you, 
All these things shall come 
upon this generation. 

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
thou that killest the pro- 
phets, and stonest them 
which are sent unto thee, 
how often would I have 
gathered thy children to- 
gether ; even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens 
under het wings, and ye 
would not ! 

Behold, your house is 
left unto you desolate. For 
I say unto you, Ye shall 



not see me henceforth, till 
ye shall say, Blessed is he 
that cometh in the name of 
the Lord ! 

And Jesus went out, and 
departed from the temple : 
and did hide Himself from 
them. 

CHAPTER XXXVI 

CHRIST FORETELLETH THE 
DESTRUCTION OF THE 
TEMPLE. 

AND as He went out of 
the temple, some 
spake of the temple, how it 
was adorned with goodly 
stones and gifts, and one of 
His disciples saith unto Him 
Master, see what manner of 
stones and what buildings 
are here ! 

And Jesus answering 
said unto him, Seest thou 
these great buildings ? verily 
I say unto you, the days 
will come, in the which 
there shall not be left one 




And Jesus went out and departed from the temple : and did hide 
Himself from them. 




The common people heard Him gladly. 



stone upon the other, that 
shall not be thrown down. 

And as He sat upon the 
mount of Olives, over 
against the temple, Peter 
and James and' John and 
Andrew came unto Him 
privately, saying, 

Master, Tell us, when 
shall these things be ? and 
what sign will there be when 
these things shall come to 
pass ? and what shall be the 
sign of thy coming, and of 
the end of the world ? 

And Jesus answered and 
said unto them, Take heed 
that no man deceive you. 

For many shall come in 
my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and shall deceive 
many. 

The time draweth near : 
go ye not therefore after 
them. 

But when ye shall hear of 
wars and rumors of wars, 
see that ye be not troubled : 
for such things must needs 



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be ; for all these things must 
first come to pass ; but the 
end is not yet. 

For nation shall rise 
against nation, and king- 
dom against kingdom; and 
there shall be famines, and 
pestilences, and great earth- 
quakes, in divers places; and 
fearful sights and great signs 
shall there be from heaven. 
All these are the begin- 
ning of sorrows. 

But take heed to your- 
selves: for they shall lay 
their hands on you and per- 
secute you, delivering you 
up to the synagogues, and 
into prisons: 

They shall deliver you 
up to councils, to be afflicted, 
and shall kill you, and in 
the synagogues ye shall be 
beaten: and ye shall be 
brought before rulers and 
kings for my sake, for a 
testimony against them. 

And ye shall be betra} T ed 
both by parents, and breth- 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



ren, and kinsfolks, and 
friends; and some of you 
shall they cause to be put to 
death. 

And ye shall be hated of 
all men for my name's sake. 

But there shall not an 
hair of your head perish. 

In your patience possess 
ye your souls. 

But when they shall lead 
you y and deliver you up, take 
no thought beforehand what 
ye shall speak, neither do 
ye premeditate: but what- 
soever shall be given 
you in that hour, that 
speak ye: for it is not ye 
that speak, but the Holy 
Ghost. 

Settle it therefore in your 
hearts, not to meditate be- 
fore what ye shall answer: 
for I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your 
adversaries shall not be able 
to gainsay nor resist. 

And then shall many be 
offended, and shall betray 



one another, and shall hate 
one another. 

The brother shall betray 
the brother to death, and 
the father the son ; and 
children shall rise up against 
their parents, and shall cause 
them to be put to death. 

And many false prophets 
shall rise, and shall deceive 
many. 

And because iniquity 
shall abound, the love of 
many shall wax cold. 

But he that shall endure 
unto the end, the same shall 
be saved. 

And this gospel of the 
kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world for a wit- 
ness unto all nations ; and 
then shall the end come. 

When ye therefore shall 
see the abomination of de- 
solation, spoken of by 
Daniel the prophet, stand in 
the holy place, (whoso 
readeth, let him under- 
stand,) and when ye shall 



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see Jerusalem compassed 
with armies, then know that 
the desolation thereof is 
nigh. 

Then let them which are 
in Judea flee to the monn- 
tains ; and let them which 
are in the midst of it de- 
part out ; and let not them 
that are in the countries 
enter thereinto. 

And let him that is on 
the housetop not go down 
into the house, neither enter 
therein, to take any thing 
out of his house : neither 
let him which is in the 
field return back to take 
his clothes. 

For these be the days of 
vengeance, that all things 
which are written may be 
fulfilled. 

But woe unto them that 
are with child, and to them 
that give suck in those 
days ! for there shall be great 
distress in the land, and 
wrath upon this people. 



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And they shall fall by tha 
edge of the sword, and shall 
be led away captive into all 
nations; and Jerusalem 
shall be trodden down of 
the Gentiles, until the times 
of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

But pray ye that your 
flight be not in the winter, 
neither on the sabbath day: 
for then shall be great tribu- 
lation, such asw r as not since 
the beginning of the world 
which God created unto this 
time, no, nor ever shall 
be. 

And except that the Lord 
had shortened those days, 
no flesh should be saved: 
but for the elect's sake, 
whom He hath chosen, He 
hath shortened the days. 

And then if any man 
shall say to you, Lo, here is 
Christ; or, lo, He is there, 
believe him not: for false 
Christs and false prophets 
shall rise, and shall show 7 
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346 JESUS OF 

seduce, if it were possible, 
even the elect. 

But take ye heed: behold, 
I have foretold you all 
things. 

Wherefore if they shall 
say unto you, Behold, He 
is in the desert; go not 
forth: behold, He is in the 
secret chambers; believe it 
not. 

For as the lightning Com- 
eth out of the east, and 
shineth even unto the west; 
so shall also the coming of 
the Son of man be. 

For wheresoever the car- 
cass is, there will the eagles 
be gathered together. 

Immediately after the 
tribulation of those days 
there shall be signs in the 
sun, and in the moon, and 
in the stars ; and upon the 
earth distress of nations, 
with perplexity ; the sea 
and the waves roaring ; 

Men's hearts failing them 
for fear, and for looking 



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after those things which are 
coming on the earth : for 
the sun shall be darkened, 
and the moon shall not 
give her light, and the stars 
shall fall from heaven, and 
the powers of the heavens 
shall be shaken : 

And then shall appear 
the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven : and then shall 
all the tribes of the earth 
mourn, and they shall see 
the Son of man coming in 
the clouds of heaven with 
power and great glory. 

And He shall send His 
angels with a great sound 
of a trumpet, and they shall 
gather together His elect 
from the four winds, from 
the uttermost part of the 
earth to the uttermost part 
of heaven. 

And when these things 
begin to come to pass, then 
look up, and lift up your 
heads ; for your redemption 
draweth nigh. 



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Now learn a parable of 
the fig tree ; When his 
branch is yet tender, and 
putteth forth leaves, ye see 
and know of your own 
selves that summer is now 
nigh at hand. 

So likewise ye, when ye 
shall see all these things 
come to pass, know ye that 
the kingdom of God is 
nigh at hand, even at the 
doors. 

Verily I say unto you, 
This generation shall not 
pass away, till all these 
things be fulfilled. 

Heaven and earth shall 
pass away; but my words 
shall not pass away. 

And take heed to your- 
selves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with 
surfeiting, and drunkenness, 
and cares of this life, and 
so that day come upon you 
unawares. 

For as a snare shall it 
come on all them that dwell 



on the face of the whole 
earth. 

Watch ye therefore, and 
pray always, that ye may 
be accounted worthy to es- 
cape all these things that 
shall come to pass, and to 
stand before the Son of 
man. 

But of that day and that 
hour knoweth no man, no, 
not the angels which are in 
heaven, neither the Son, but 
my Father only. 

Take ye heed, watch and 
pray; for ye know not when 
the time is. 

For as the days of Noe 
were, so shall also the com- 
ing of the Son of man be. 

For as in the days that 
were before the flood they 
were eating and drinking, 
many in g and giving in 
marriage, until the day r that 
Xoe entered into the ark, 
and knew not until the 
flood came, and took them 
all away; so shall also the 



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coming of the Son of Man be. 

Then shall two be in the 
field; the one shall be taken 
and the other left. 

Two women shall be grind- 
ing at the mill; the one 
shall be taken, and the other 
left, 

Watch therefore ; for ye 
know not what hour your 
Iyord doth come. 

But know this, that if the 
goodman of the house had 
known in what watch the 
thief would come, he would 
have watched, and would 
not have suffered his house 
to be broken up. 

Therefore be ye also 
ready : for in such an hour 
as ye think not, the Son of 
man cometh. 

For the Son of man is as 
a man taking a far journey, 
who left his house, and gave 
authority to his servants, 
and to every man his work, 
and commanded the porter 
to watch. 



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Who then is a faithful 
and wise servant, whom 
his lord hath made ruler 
over his household, to give 
them meat in due season ? 

Blessed is that servant, 
whom his lord when he 
cometh shall find so doing. 

Verily I say unto you, 
That he shall make him 
ruler over all his goods. 

But and if that evil ser- 
vant shall say in his heart, 
My lord delayeth his com- 
ing ; and shall begin to 
smite his fellow servants, 
and to eat and drink with 
the drunken ; 

The lord of that servant 
shall come in a day when 
he looketh not for him y and 
in an hour that he is not 
aware of, and shall cut him 
asunder, and appoint him 
his portion with the hypo- 
crites : there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 

Watch ye therefore : for 
ye know not when the 



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master of the house cometh, 
at even, or at midnight, or 
at the cockcrowing, or in 
the morning : lest coming 
suddenly, he find you 
sleeping ! 

And what I say unto you 
I say unto all, Watch ! 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

TH3 PARABLE OF THE TEN 
VIRGINS. 

THEN shall the kingdom 
of heaven be likened 
unto ten virgins, which took 
their lamps, and went forth 
to meet the bridegroom. 

And five of them were 
wise, and five were foolish. 

They that were foolish 
took their lamps, and took 
no oil with them. 

But the wise took oil in 
their vessels with their 
lamps. 

While the bridegroom 
tarried, they all slumbered 
and slept. 



And at midnight there 
was a cry made, Behold, the 
bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
out to meet him. 

Then all those virgins 
arose, and trimmed their 
lamps. 

And the foolish said unto 
the wise, Give us of your 
oil; for our lamps are gone 
out. 

But the wise answered, 
saying, Not so ; lest there 
be not enough for us and 
you; but go ye rather to 
them that sell, and buy for 
yourselves, 

And while they went to 
buy, the bridegroom came ; 
and they that were ready 
went in with him to the 
marriage: and the door was 
shut, 

Afterward came also the 
other virgins, saying, Lord, 
Lord, open to us. 

But he answered and 
said, Verily I say unto you, 
I know you not. 



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Watch therefore ; for ye 
know neither the clay nor 
the hour wherein the Son 
of Man cotneth. 

PARABLE OF THE TALENTS 

^[ For the kingdom of 
heaven is as a man travelling 
into a far country, who 
called his own servants, 
and delivered unto them his 
goods. 

And unto one he gave 
five talents, to another two, 
and to another one ; to 
every man according to his 
several ability ; and straight- 
way took his journey. 

Then he that had re- 
ceived the five talents went 
and traded with the same, 
and made them other five 
talents. 

And likewise he that had 
received two, he also gained 
other two. 

But he that had received 
one went and digged in the 
earth, and hid his lord's 
money. 



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After a long time the 
lord of those servants 
cometh, and reck oneth with 
them. 

And so he that had i *- 
ceived five talents came and 
brought other five talents, 
saying, Lord, thou deliver- 
edst unto me five talents : 
behold, I have gained be- 
side them five talents more. 

His lord said unto him, 
Well done, thou good and 
faithful servant : thou hast 
been faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee 
ruler over many things : 
enter thou into the joy of 
thy lord. 

He also that had re- 
ceived two talents came and 
said, Lord, thou deliveredst 
unto me two talents : be- 
hold, I have gained two 
other talents beside them. 

His Lord said unto him, 
Well done, good and faith- 
ful servant; thou hast been 
faithful over a few things, I 



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will make thee ruler over 
many things: enter thou 
into the joy of thy I,ord. 

Then he which had re- 
ceived the one talent came 
and said, Lord, I knew thee 
that thou art a hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not 
sown, and gathering where 
thou hast not strewed: 

And I was afraid, and 
went and hid my talent in 
the earth: lo, there thou 
hast that is thine. 

His lord answered and 
said unto him, Thou wicked 
and slothful servant, thou 
knewest that I reap where 
I sowed not, and gather 
where I have not strewed: 

Thou oughtest therefore 
to have put my money to 
the exchangers, and then 
at my coming I should have 
received my own with 
usury. 

Take therefore the talent 
from him, and give it unto 
him which hath ten talents. 



For unto every one that 
hath shall be given, and he 
shall have abundance: but 
from him that hath not 
shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 

And cast ye the unprofit- 
able servant into outer dark- 
ness: there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 

THE LAST JUDGMENT. 

When the Son of man 
shall come in His glory, 
and all the holy angels with 
him, then shall He sit upon 
the throne of His glory: 

And before Him shall be 
gathered all nations : and 
He shall separate them one 
from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the 
goats: 

And He shall set the sheep 
on His right hand, but the 
goats on the left. 

Then shall the King say 
unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of 



354 JESUS OF 

my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the 
world: 

For I was a hungered, 
and ye gave me meat : I 
was thirsty, and ye gave 
me drink : I was a stranger, 
and ye took me in : 

Naked, and ye clothed 
me : I was sick, and ye 
visited me : I was in prison, 
and ye came unto me. 

Then shall the righteous 
answer Him, saying, Lord, 
when saw we thee a 
hungered, and fed theel 
or thirsty, and gave thee 
drink ? 

When saw we thee a 
stranger, and took thee in ? 
or naked, and clothed thee ? 

Or when saw we thee 
sick, or in prison, and came 
unto thee ? 

And the King shall 
answer and say unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye have done 



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it unto one of the least of 
these my brethren, ye have 
done it unto me. 

Then shall He say also 
unto them on the left hand, 
Depart from me, ye cursed, 
into everlasting fire, pre- 
pared for the devil and his 
angels : 

For I was a hungered, 
and 3^e gave me no meat ; 
I was thirsty, and ye gave 
me no drink : 

I was a stranger, and ye 
took me not in : naked, and 
ye clothed me not : sick, 
and in prison, and ye visited 
me not. 

Then shall they also 
answer Him, saying, L,ord, 
when saw we thee a 
hungered, or athirst, or a 
stranger, or naked, or sick, 
or in prison, and did not 
minister unto thee ? 

Then shall h e answer 
them, saying, Verily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye 
did it not to one of the least 



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rf these, ye did it not 

to me. 

And these shall go away 
nto everlasting punish- 
ment: but the righteous into 
ife eternal. 



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CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

THE RULERS CONSPIRE 
AGAINST CHRIST. 

AND it came to pass, 
when Jesus had fin- 
ished all these sayings, He 
said unto His disciples, 

Ye know that after two 
days is the feast of the pass- 
over, and the Son of man is 
betrayed to be crucified. 

Then assembled together 
the chief priests, and the 
scribes, and the elders of the 
people, unto the palace of 
the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas, and con- 
sulted that they might take 
Jesus by subtilty, and kill 
Him. 



feast day, lest there be an 

uproar among the people ; 
for they feared the people. 

Then entered Satan into 
Judas surnamed Iscariot, 
being of the number of the 
twelve. 

And he went his way, 
and communed with the 
chief priests and captains, 
how he might betray Him 
unto them; 

And said unto them, 
What will ye give me, and 
I will deliver Him unto 
you? 

And when they heard it y 
they were glad, and prom- 
ised to give him money. 
And they covenanted with 
him for thirty pieces of 
silver. 

And from that time he 
sought opportunity how he 
might conveniently betray 
Him unto them in the ab- 
sence of the multitude. 

Now the first day of the 



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when they killed the pass- 
over, the disciples came to 
Jesus, saying unto Him, 
where wilt thou that we 
prepare for thee to eat the 
passover ? 

And He sendeth forth 
two of His disciples, Peter 
and John, and saith unto 
them, Go ye into the city : 
and behold, when ye are 
entered into the city, there 
shall a man meet you, 
bearing a pitcher of water ; 
follow him into the house 
where he entereth in. 

And wheresoever he 
shall go in, say ye to the 
goodman of the house, the 
master saith, my time is at 
hand ; I will keep the pass- 
over at thy house. Where 
is the guest chamber, where 
I shall eat, the passover 
with my disciples ? 

And he will shew you a 
large upper room furnished 
and prepared : there make 
ready for us. 



And His disciples went 
forth, and came into the 
city, and found as He had 
said unto them : and they 
made ready the passover. 

CHRIST EATETH THE 
PASSOVER WITH HIS 
DISCIPLES. 

Now before the feast of 
the passover, when Jesus 
knew that His hour was 
come that He should depart 
out of this world unto the 
Father, having loved His 
own which were in the 
world, He loved them unto 
the end. 

And in the evening He 
cometh with the twelve, 
and when the hour was 
come, He sat down, and the 
twelve apostles with Him. 

And He said unto them, 
With desire I have desired 
to eat this passover with 
you before I suffer : for I 
say unto you, I will not 
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until it be fulfilled in the 
kingdom of God. 

And He took the cup, 
and gave thanks, and said, 
Take this, and divide it 
among yourselves : fori 
say unto you, I will not 
drink of the fruit of the 
vine, until the kingdom of 
God shall come. 

TEACHETH THEM HUMILITY 
AND CHARITY. 

And there was a strife 
among them, which of them 
should be accounted the 
greatest. 

And He said unto them, 
The kings of the Gentiles 
exercise lordship over them ; 
and they that exercise au- 
thority upon them are 
called benefactors. 

But ye shall not be so: 
but he that is greatest 
among you, let him be as 
the younger; and he that is 
chief, as he that doth serve. 

For whether is greater, 



he that sitteth at meat, or 
he that serveth ? is not he 
that sitteth at meat ? but I 
am among you as he that 
serveth. 

Ye are they which have 
continued with me in my 
temptations. 

And I appoint unto you 
a kingdom, as my father 
hath appointed unto me; 

That ye msiy eat and 
drink at my table in my 
kingdom, and sit on thrones 
judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. 

And supper being ended, 
(the devil having now put 
into the heart of J udas Isca- 
riot, Simon's son, to betray 
Him;) Jesus, knowing that 
the Father had given all 
things into His hands, and 
that He was come from 
God, and went to God : 

He riseth from supper, 
and laid aside His garment ; 
and took a towel, and 
girded Himself. 



362 JESUS OF 

After that, He poureth 
water into a basin, and 
began to wash the dis- 
ciples' feet, and to wipe 
them with the towel where- 
with He was girded. 

Then cometh He to 
Simon Peter : and Peter 
saith unto Him, Lord, dost 
thou wash my feet ? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto him, what I do thou 
knowest not now ; but thou 
shalt know hereafter. 

Peter saith unto Him, 
Thou shalt never wash my 
feet ! Jesus answered him, 
If I wash thee not, thou hast 
no part with me. 

Simon Peter saith unto 
Him, Lord, not my feet 
only, but also my hands 
and my head. 

Jesus saith to him, He 
that is washed needeth not 
save to wash his feet, but 
is clean every whit : and ye 
are clean, but not all. 

(For He knew who 



NAZARETH 

should betray Him ; there 
fore said He, Ye are not all 
clean.) 

So after He had washed 
their feet, and had taken 
His garments, and was set 
down again, He said unto 
them, Know ye what I 
have done to you ? 

Ye call me master and 
Lord : and ye say well ; for 
so I am. 

If I then, your Lord and 
Master, have washed your 
feet ; ye also ought to wash 
one another's feet. 

For I have given you an 
example, that ye should do 
as I have done to you. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The servant is not 
greater than his lord; 
neither he that is sent 
greater than he that sent 
him. 

If ye know these things 
happy are ye if ye do them. 

I speak not of you all : I 
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but that the Scripture may 
be fulfilled. " He that eat- 
eth bread with me hath 
lifted up his heel against 
me. 

Now I tell you before it 
come, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe that 
I am He. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that receiveth 
whomsoever I send, receiv- 
eth me; and he that receiv- 
eth me, receiveth Him that 
sent me. 

the; betrayer. 

When Jesus had thus 
said, He was troubled in 
spirit, and testified, and 
said, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, that one of you 
which eateth with me shall 
betray me! behold, the hand 
of him that betrayeth me is 
with me on the table. 

And they began to in- 
quire among themselves, 
which of them it was that 



should do this thing, and 
were exceedingly sorrowful, 
and began every one of 
them to say unto Him, one 
by one, Lord, is it I ? 

And He answered and 
said, One of the twelve that 
dippeth his hand with me in 
the dish, the same shall be- 
tray me. 

The Son of man indeed 
goeth, as it was determined; 
and as it is written of 
Him, but woe unto that 
m^ii by whom the Son of 
man is betra}^ed ! it had 
been good for that man if 
he had never been born. 

Then the disciples looked 
one on another, doubting of 
whom He spake. 

Now there was leaning on 
Jesus' bosom one of His 
disciples, whom Jesus loved. 

Simon Peter therefore 
beckoned to him, that he 
should ask who it should be 
of whom He spake. 

He then lying on Jesus' 



366 JESUS OF 

breast, saith unto Him, 
Lord, who is it ? 

Jesus answered, He it is, 
to whom I shall give a sop, 
when I have dipped it. And 
when He had dipped the 
sop, He gave // to Judas Is- 
cariot, the son of Simon. 

Then Judas, which be- 
trayed Him, answered and 
said, Master, is it I ? He 
said unto him, Thou hast 
said. 

And after the sop, Satan 
entered into him. Then 
said Jesus unto him, That 
thou doest, do quickly. 

Now no man at the table 
knew for what intent He 
Spake this unto him. 

For some of them thought, 
because Judas had the bag, 
that Jesus had said unto 
him, Buy those things that 
we have need of against the 
feast ; or, that he should 
give something to the 
poor. 

He then having received 



NAZARETH 

the sop, went immediately 
out ; and it was night. 

Therefore, when he was 
gone out, Jesus said, Now 
is the Son of man glorified, 
and God is glorified in 
Him. 

If God be glorified in 
Him, God shall also glorify 
Him in Himself, and shall 
straightway glorify Him. 

Little children, yet a little 
while I am with you. Ye 
shall seek me; and as I said 
unto the Jews, Whither I 
go, ye cannot come; so now 
I say to you. 

A new commandment I 
give unto you, That ye love 
one another; as I have loved 
you, that } r e also love one 
another. 

By this shall all men know 
that ye are my disciples, if 
ye have love one to another. 

Simon Peter said unto 
Him, Lord, whither goest 
thou ? Jesus answered him, 
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not follow me now; but thou 
shalt follow me afterwards. 

Peter said unto Him 
Lord, why cannot I follow 
Thee, now? I will lay down 
my life for thy sake. 

Jesus answered him, Wilt 
thou lay down thy life for 
my sake? Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, The cock 
shall not crow, till thou hast, 
denied me thrice. 

"this do in remembrance: 

OF ME" 

And as they were eating, 
Jesus took bread, and 
blessed //, and brake //, and 
gave it to the disciples, and 
said, Take, eat ; this is my 
body, which is given for 
you : this do in remembrance 
of me. 

Likewise also He took 
the cup after supper, and 
when He had given thanks, 
He gave it to them : say- 
ing, drink ye all of it. And 
they all drank of it. 



And He said unto them, 
this is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for 
you and for many, for the 
remission of sins ; this do 
ye, as often as ye drink it, 
in remembrance of me. 

But I say unto you, I 
will not drink, henceforth 
of this fruit of the vine, 
until that day when I drink 
it new with you in my 
Father's kingdom. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

CHRIST COMFORTKTH HIS 
DISCIPLES WITH THE 
HOPE OF HEAVEN. 

LET not your heart be 
troubled : ye believe 
in God, believe also in me. 

In my Father's house are 
many mansions : if it were 
not so, I would have told 
you. I go to prepare a 
place for you. 

And if I go and prepare 
a place for you, I will come 



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again and receive you unto 
myself ; that where I am, 
there ye may be also. 

And whither I go ye 
know, and the way ye 
know. 

Thomas saith unto Him, 
Lord, we know not whither 
thou goest; and how can we 
know the way ? 

Jesus saith unto him, I 
am the way, the truth, and 
the life: no man cometh 
unto the Father but by me. 

If ye had known me, ye 
should have known my 
Father also : and from 
henceforth ye know Him 
and have seen Him. 

Philip saith unto Him, 
Lord, shew us the Father 
and it sufficeth us. 

Jesus saith unto him, 
Have I been so long with 
you, and yet hast thou not 
known me, Philip ? he that 
hath seen me hath seen the 
Father; and how say eth thou 
then. Shew us the Father? 



Believest thou not that I 
am in the Father, and the 
Father in me? the words 
that I speak unto you I 
speak not of myself: but the 
Father that dwelleth in me, 
He doeth the works. 

Believe me that I am in 
the Father, and the Father 
in me: or else believe me for 
the very works' sake. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that believeth on 
me, the works that I do 
shall he do also; and 
greater works than these 
shall he do ; because I go 
unto my Father. 

And whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I 
do, that the Father may be 
glorified in the Son. 

If ye shall ask anything 
in my name, I will do it 

^[ If ye love me, keep my 
commandments. 

And I will pray the 
Father, and He shall give 




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you another Comforter, that 
He may abide with you for- 
ever; 

Eve?i the Spirit of truth ; 
whom the world cannot re- 
ceive, because it seeth Him 
not, neither knoweth Him : 
but ye know Him ; for He 
dwelleth with you, and 
shall be in you. 

I will not leave you com- 
fortless : I will come to 
you. 

Yet a little while, and the 
world seeth me no more ; 
but ye see me : because I 
live, ye shall live also. 

At that day ye shall know 
that I am in my Father, and 
ye in me, and I in you. 
He that hath my command- 
ments, and keepeth them, 
he it is that loveth me : and 
he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I 
will love him, and will 
manifest myself to him. 

Judas saith unto him, not 
Iscariot, L,ord, how is it that 



thou wilt manifest thyself 
unto us, and not unto the 
world ? 

Jesus answered and said 
unto him, If a man love me, 
he will keep my words : 
and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto 
him, and make our abode 
with him. 

He that loveth me not 
keepeth not my sayings : 
and the word which ye hear 
is not mine, but the Father's 
which sent me. 

These things have I 
spoken unto you, being yet 
present with you. 

But the Comforter, which 
is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my 
name, He shall teach you 
all things, and bring all 
things to your remember- 
ance, whatsoever I have said 
unto you. 

Peace I leave with you, 
my peace I give unto you : 
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I unto you. L,et not your 
heart be troubled, neither 
let it be afraid , 

Ye have heard how I said 
unto you, I go away, and 
come again unto you. If 
ye loved me, ye would re- 
joice, because I said, I go 
unto the Father : for my 
Father is greater than I. 

And now I have told you 
before it come to pass, that 
when it is come to pass, ye 
might believe. 

Hereafter I will not talk 
much with you : for the 
prince of this world com- 
eth and hath nothing in 
me. 

But that the world may 
know that I love the 
Father ; and as the Father 
gave me commandment, 
even so I do. Arise, let us 
go hence. 

THE) PARABI.K OF T H K 
VINE. 

I am the true vine, and 



my Father is the husband- 
man. 

Every branch in me that 
beareth not fruit He taketh 
away: and every branch that 
beareth fruit He purgeth it, 
that it may bring forth more 
fruit. 

Now ye are clean through 
the word which I have 
spoken unto you. 

Abide with me, and I in 
you. As the branch can- 
not bear fruit of itself, ex- 
cept it abide in the vine ; 
no more can ye, except ye 
abide in me. 

I am the vine, ye are the 
branches. He that abideth 
in me and I in him, the 
same bringeth forth much 
fruit ; for without me ye 
can do nothing. 

If a man abide not in me, 
he is cast forth as a branch, 
and is withered ; and men 
gather them and cast them 
into the fire, and they are 
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If ye abide in me, and 
my words in you, ye shall 
ask what ye will, and it 
shall be done unto you. 

Herein is my Father 
glorified, that ye bear much 
fruit ; so shall ye be my 
disciples. 

As the Father hath loved 
me, so have I loved you : 
continue ye in my love. 

If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my 
love ; even as I have kept 
my Father's command- 
ments, and abide in His 
love. 

These things have I 
spoken unto you, that my 
joy might remain in you, 
and that your joy might be 
full. 

This is my command- 
ment, That ye love one 
another, as I have loved 
you. 

Greater love hath no man 
than this, that a man lay 
down his life for his friends. 



Ye are my friends, if ye 
do whatsoever I command 
you. 

Henceforth I call ye not 
servants; for the servant 
knowetli not what his lord 
doeth: but I have called 
you friends; for all things 
that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known 
unto you. 

Ye have not chosen me, 
but I have chosen you and 
ordained you, that }^e 
should go and bring forth 
fruit, and that your fruit 
should remain ; that what- 
soever ye shall ask of the 
Father in my name, He may 
give it you. 

These things I command 
you, that ye love one an- 
other. 

If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me be- 
fore it hated you. 

If ye were of the world, 
the world would love his 
own ; but because ye are 



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not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world , 
therefore the world hateth 
you. 

Remember the word that 
I said unto you, The ser- 
vant is not greater than his 
lord. If they have perse- 
cuted me, they will also 
persecute you ; if they have 
kept my saying, they will 
keep yours also. 

But all these things will 
they do unto you for my 
name's sake, because they 
know not Him that sent 
me. 

If I had not come and 
spoken unto them, they had 
not had sin : but now they 
have no cloak for their sin. 

He that hateth me hateth 
my Father also. 

If I had not done among 
them the works which none 
other man did, they had not 
had sin : but now have they 
both seen and hated both 
me and my Father. 



NAZARETH 

But this cometh to pass, 
that the word might be ful- 
filled that is written in their 
law, They hated me without 
a cause. 

But when the Comforter 
is come, whom I will send 
unto you from the Father, 
even the Spirit of truth, 
which proceedeth from the 
Father, He shall testify of 
me : 

And ye also shall bear 
witness, because ye have 
been with me from the be- 
ginning. 

CHRIST PROMISES THE HOI.Y 
GHOST AS A COMFORTER 
AND GUIDE. 

These things have I 
spoken unto you, that ye 
should not be offended. 

They shall put you out of 
the synagogues : yea, the 
time cometh, that whoso- 
ever killeth you will think 
he doeth God service. 

And these things will 



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they do unto you, because 
they have not known the 
Father, nor me. 

But these things have I 
told you, that when the 
time shall come, ye may re- 
member that I told you of 
them. And these things I 
said not unto you at the 
beginning, because I was 
with you. 

But now I go my way to 
Him that sent me ; and 
none of you asketh me, 
Whither goest thou ? 

But because I have said 
these things unto you, sor- 
row hath filled your heart. 

Nevertheless I tell you 
the truth ; It is expedient 
for you that I go away : 
for if I go not away the 
Comforter will not come 
unto you ; but if I depart, 
I will send Him unto you. 

And when He is come 
He will reprove the world 
of sin, and of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment : 



Of sin, because they be- 
lieve not on me ; 

Of righteousness, because 
I go to my Father, and ye 
see me no more ; 

Of judgment, because 
the prince of this world is 
judged. 

I have yet many things 
to say unto you, but ye 
cannot bear them now. 

Howbeit when He, the 
Spirit of truth, is come, He 
will guide you into all 
truth : for He shall not 
speak of Himself ; but 
whatsoever He shall hear, 
that shall He speak : and 
He wilt shew you things to 
come. 

He shall glorify me : for 
He shall receive of mine, 
and shall shew it unto you. 

All things that the 
Father hath are mine : 
therefore said I, that He 
shall take of mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. 

A little while and ye shall 



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not see me : and again a 
little while, and ye shall see 
me, because I go to the 
Father. 

Then said some of His 
disciples among themselves, 
What is this that He saith 
unto us, A little while and 
ye shall not see me: and 
again a little while, and ye 
shall see me : and, Because 
I go to the Father. 

They said therefore, What 
is this that He saith, A 
little while ? we cannot tell 
what He saith. 

Now Jesus knew that 
they were desirous to ask 
Him, and said unto them, 
Do you inquire among 
yourselves of that I said, 
A little while and ye shall 
not see me : and again a 
little while, and ye shall 
see me ? 

Verily, Verily, I say unto 
you, That ye shall weep and 
lament, but the world shall 
rejoice ; and ye shall be 



NAZARETH 

sorrowful, but your sorrow 
shall be turned into joy. 

A woman when she is in 
travail hath sorrow, but as 
soon as she is delivered of 
the child, she remembereth 
no more the anguish for joy 
that a man is born into the 
world. 

And ye now therefore have 
sorrow : but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall 
rejoice, and your joy no 
man taketh from you. 

And in that day ye shall 
ask me nothing. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
Father in my name He will 
give it you. 

Hitherto have ye asked 
nothing in my name : ask 
and ye shall receive, that 
your joy may be full. 

These things have I 
spoken unto you in pro- 
verbs: but the time cometh, 
when I shall no more speak 
unto you in proverbs, but I 



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shall shew you plainly of 
the Father. 

At that day ye shall ask 
in my name : and I say unto 
3 t ou, that I will pray the 
Father for you : 

For the Father himself 
loveth you, because ye have 
loved me, and have believed 
that I came out from God. 

I came forth from the 
Father, and come into the 
world : again, I leave the 
world, and go to the 
Father. 

His disciples said unto 
him, Lo, now speakest thou 
plainly, and speakest no 
proverb. 

Now are we sure that 
thou knowest all things, 
and needest not that an}' 
man should ask thee : by 
this we believe that thou 
earnest forth from God. 

Jesus answered them, Do 
ye now believe ? 

Behold, the hour cometh, 
yea, is now come, that ye 



shall be scattered, every 
man to his own, and shall 
leave me alone : and yet I 
am not alone, because the 
Father is with me. 

These things I have 
spoken unto you, that in 
me ye might have peace. 
In the world ye shall have 
tribulation : but be of good 
cheer ; I have overcome the 
world. 

CHAPTER XL. 

CHRIST PRAYETH FOR ALL 
WHO SHALL BELIEVE ON 
HIM IN THE AGES TO 
COME. 

THESE words spake 
Jesus and lifted up 
His eyes to heaven, and 
said, Father, the hour is 
come ; glorify thy Son, that 
thy Son may glorify thee. 

As thou hast given Him 
power over all flesh, that 
He should give eternal life 



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to as many as thou hast 
given Him. 

And this is life eternal, 
that they might know thee 
the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast 
sent. 

I have glorified thee on 
the earth : I have finished 
the work which thou gavest 
me to do. 

And now, O Father, 
glorify thou me with thine 
own self with the glory 
which I had with thee 
before the world was. 

I have manifested thy 
name unto the men which 
thou gavest me out of the 
world : thine they were, 
and thou gavest them to 
me ; and they have kept 
thy word. 

Now they have known 
that all things whatsoever 
thou hast given me are of 
thee. 

For I have given unto 
them the words which thou 



gavest me ; and they have 
received them^ and have 
known surely that I came 
out from thee, and they 
have believed that thou 
didst send me. 

I pray for them : I pray 
not for the world, but for 
them which thou hast given 
me ; for they are thine. 

And all mine are thine, 
and thine are mine, and I 
am glorified in them. 

And now I am no more 
in thee world, but these are 
in the world, and I come to 
thee. Holy Father, keep 
through thine own name 
those whom thou hast given 
me, that they may be one, 
as we are. 

While I was with them 
in the world, I kept them 
in thy name : those that 
thou gavest me I have 
kept, and none of them is 
lost, but the son of perdi- 
tion ; that the Scripture 
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And now come I to thee; 
and these things I speak in 
the world, that they might 
have my joy fulfilled in 
themselves. 

I have given them thy 
word ; and the world hath 
hated them, because they 
are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 

I pray not that thou 
shouldest take them out of 
the world, but that thou 
shouldest keep them from 
the evil. 

They are not of the 
world, even as I am not of 
the world. 

Sanctify them through 
thy truth ; thy word is 
truth. 

As thou hast sent me 
into the world, even so have 
I also sent them into the 
world. 

And for their sakes I 
sanctify myself, that they 
also might be sanctified 
through the truth. 



Neither pray I for these 
alone, but for them also 
which shall believe on me 
through their word; 

That they all may be 
one ; as thou, Father, #r/in 
me, and I in thee, that they 
also may be one in us : that 
the world may believe that 
thou hast sent me. 

And the glory which 
thou gavest me I have 
given them ; that they may 
be one, even as we are one: 

I in them, and thou in 
me, that they may be made 
perfect in one ; and that the 
world may know that thou 
hast sent me, and hast 
loved them, as thou hast 
loved me. 

Father, I will that they 
also, whom thou hast given 
me, be with me where I am; 
that they may- behold my 
glory, which thou hast 
given me : for thou lovedst 
me before the foundation of 
the world. 



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O righteous Father, the 
world hath not known thee: 
but I have known thee, and 
these have known that thou 
hast sent me. 

And I have declared unto 
them thy name, and will 
declare it; that the love 
wherewith thou hast loved 
me may be in them and I 
in them. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

HIS BETRAYAL. 

WHEN Jesus had 
spoken these words, 
and when they had sung a 
hymn, He went forth, as 
he was wont, with His dis- 
ciples over the brook Ce- 
dron. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them, All ye shall be of- 
fended because of me this 
night : for it is written, " I 
will smite the shepherd, and 
the sheep of the flock shall 
be scattered abroad. ' ' But 



NAZARETH 

after I am risen again I 
will go before you into Gali- 
lee. 

Peter answered and said 
unto Him, Though all men 
shall be offended because of 
thee, yet will I never be 
offended. 

And the Lord said, Si- 
mon, Simon, behold Satan 
hath desired to have you, 
that he may sift you as 
wheat : but I prayed for 
thee that thy faith fail not: 
and when thou are con- 
verted, strengthen thy 
brethren. 

And he said unto Him, 
Lord, I am ready to go 
with thee, both into prison 
and to death. 

And He said, I tell thee, 
Peter, That this day, even 
in this night, before the 
cock crow twice, thou shalt 
thrice deny that thou know- 
est me. 

But he spoke the more 
vehemently, If I should die 



with thee, I will not deny 
thee in any wise. Likewise 
also said all the disciples. 

And He said unto them, 
When I sent you without 
purse, and scrip, and shoes, 
lacked ye anything? And 
they said, Nothing. 

Then said He unto them, 
But now, he that hath a 
purse, let him take //, and 
likewise his scrip : and he 
that hath no sword, let him 
sell his garment, and buy 
one. 

For I say unto you, that 
this that is written must 
yet be accomplished in me, 
■ ' And He was reckoned 
among the transgressors : ' 5 
for the things concerning 
me have an end. 

And they said, Lord, be- 
hold, here are two swords. 
And He said unto them, It 
is enough. 

The cometh Jesus with 
them unto the mount of 
Olives, where was a garden, 



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called 



383 



Gethsemane : into 
the which He entered, and 
His disciples. 

(And Judas also, which 
betrayed Him, knew the 
place : for Jesus ofttimes 
resorted thither with His 
disciples. ) 

And He said unto them, 
Pray that ye enter not into 
temptation. Sit ye here, 
while I go and pray yonder. 

And He took with Him, 
Peter and the two sons of 
Zebedee, James and John, 
and began to be sore 
amazed, and to be very 
heavy ; 

Then saith He unto them, 
My soul is exceeding sor- 
rowful, even unto death : 
tarry ye here and watch 
with me. 

And He went forward a 
little further, and was with- 
drawn from them about a 
stone's cast, and kneeled 
down, and fell on His face 
on the ground, and prayed 



384 JESUS OF 

that, if it were possible, the 
hour might pass from Him. 

And He said, Abba, 
Father, all things are pos- 
sible unto thee ; O my 
Father, if it be possible, if 
thou be willing, remove this 
cup from me : nevertheless, 
not my will, but thine, be 
done. 

And there appeared an 
angel unto Him from 
heaven, strengthening Him. 

And being in ail agony, 
He prayed more earnestly : 
and His sweat was as it were 
great drops of blood falling 
down to the ground. 

And He rose up from 
prayer, and cometh unto 
the disciples, and findeth 
them sleeping from sorrow ; 
and saith unto them, Why 
sleep ye ? rise and pray, lest 
ye enter into temptation. 

And He saith unto Peter, 
Simon, sleepest thou? could- 
est not thou watch with me 
one hour ? 



NAZARETH 

Watch and pray, that ye 
enter not into temptation : 
the spirit indeed is willing, 
but the flesh is weak. 

He went away again the 
second time, and prayed, 
and spake the same words, 
saying, O my Father, if 
this cup may not pass away 
from me, except I drink it, 
thy will be done. 

And He came and found 
them asleep again : (for 
their eyes were heavy,) 
neither wist they what to 
answer Him. 

And He left them, and 
went away again, and 
prayed the third time, say- 
ing the same words. 

Then cometh He to His 
disciples the third time, and 
saith unto them, Sleep on 
now, and take yoztr rest: it 
is enough; behold, the hour 
is at hand, and the Son of 
man is betrayed into the 
hands of sinners. 

Rise, let us be going : be- 







1 O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, 
thy will be done." 




And Judas also which betrayed Him knew the place. 




M Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.' 




44 Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? " 



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39 1 



hold, he that betrayeth me 
is at hand. 

And immediately, while 
He yet spake, lo, Judas, 
one of the twelve, having 
received a band of men and 
officers from the chief priests 
and Pharisees, cometh 
thither with lanterns and 
torches and weapons; 

And with him a great 
multitude with swords and 
staves, from the chief 
priests and the scribes and 
the elders of the people. 

Now he that betrayed 
Him had given them a 
token, saying, Whomsoever 
I shall kiss, that same is 
He ; take Him, hold Him 
fast, and lead Him away 
safely. 

And as soon as he was 
come, he went before them. 
and drew near unto Jesus, 
and saith, Hail, master, 
and kissed Him. 

And Jesus said unto him, 
Friend, wherefore art thou 



come? Judas, betrayeth 
thou the Son of man with 
a kiss? 

Then Jesus, knowing all 
things that should come 
upon Him, went forth and 
said unto them, Whom seek 
ye? 

They answered Him, Je- 
sus of Nazareth. Jesus 
saith unto them, I am He, 

As soon then as He had 
said unto them, I am He, 
they went backward and 
fell to the ground . 

Then asked He them 
again, Whom seek ye? 
And they said, Jesus of 
Nazareth. 

Jesus answered, I have 
told you that I am He: if 
therefore ye seek me, let 
these go their way : (that 
the saying might be ful- 
filled which He spake, 
Of them which thou 
g a v e s t me have I lost 
none.) 

Then came they and laid 



392 JESUS OF 

hands on Jesus, and took 
Him. 

When they which were 
about Him saw what would 
follow, they said unto Him, 
Lord, shall we smite with 
the sword ? 

Then Simon Peter, hav- 
ing a sword, drew it, and 
smote a servant of the high 
priest, and cut off his right 
ear. The servant's name 
was Malchus. 

And Jesus answered and 
said, Suffer ye thus far. 
And He touched his ear, 
and healed him. 

Then said Jesus unto 
Peter, Put up thy sword 
into the sheath : for all 
they that take the sword 
shall perish with the sword. 
The cup which my Father 
hath given me, shall I not 
drink it ? 

Thinkest thou that I 
cannot now pray to my 
Father, and He shall 
presently give me more 



NAZARETH 

than twelve legions of an- 
gels? 

But how then shall the 
Scriptures be fulfilled, that 
thus it must be ? 

In that same hour Jesus 
said unto the chief priests, 
and captains of the temple, 
and the elders, which were 
come to Him, Be ye come 
out, as against a thief, with 
swords and staves to take 
me ? 

When I was daily with 
you in the temple, ye 
stretched forth no hands 
against me: but this is your 
hour, and the power of 
darkness. 

Then all the disciples for- 
sook Him, and fled. 

And there followed Him 
a certain young man, hav- 
ing a linen cloth cast about 
his naked body; and the 
young men laid hold on 
him : and he left the linen 
cloth, and fled from them 
naked. 



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Then the band and the 
captain and officers of the 
Jews, led Jesus away to 
Annas first ; for he was 
father-in-law to Caiaphas, 
which was the high priest 
that same year. 

Annas then asked Jesus 
of His disciples, and of His 
doctrine. 

Jesus answered him, I 
spake openly to the world ; 
I ever taught in the syna- 
gogue, and in the temple, 
whither the Jews always re- 
sort ; and in secret have I 
said nothing. 

Why askest thou me ? 
ask them which heard me, 
what I have said unto them : 
behold, they know what I 
said. 

And when He had thus 
spoken, one of the officers 
which stood by, struck Jesus 
with the palm of his hand, 
saying, Answer est thou the 
high priest so ? 

Jesus answered him, If I 



393 

have spoken evil, bear 
witness of the evil ; but 
if well, why smitest thou 
me? 

Then took they Him, and 
led Him away bound, unto 
Caiaphas the high priest, 
and brought Him into the 
high priest's house, where 
were assembled all the chief 
priests and the elders and 
the scribes. 

(Xow Caiaphas was he, 
which gave counsel to the 
Jews, that it was expedient 
that one man should die for 
the people. ) 

And Peter followed afar 
off, and so did another dis- 
ciple : that disciple was 
known unto the high priest, 
and went in with Jesus into 
the palace of the high 
priest. 

But Peter stood at the door 
without. Then went out 
that other disciple, which 
was known unto the 
high priest, and spake 



304 JESUS OF 

unto her that kept the 
door, and brought in Peter. 

And the servants and offi- 
cers stood there, who had 
made a fire of coals in the 
midst of the hall, for it was 
cold ; and they warmed 
themselves : and when they 
were set down together, 
Peter sat down among them 
and warmed himself. 

Now the chief priests and 
elders, and all the council, 
sought false witness against 
Jesus that they might put 
Him to death ; but found 
none ; yea, though many 
false witnesses came, yet 
their witness agreed not to- 
gether. 

At the last came two false 
witnesses, and bare false 
witness against Him, saying 

We heard Him say, I 
will destroy this temple that 
is made with hands, and 
within three days I will 
build another made with- 
out hands. 



NAZARETH 

But neither so did their 
witness agree together. 

And the high priest arose 
and stood up in the midst, 
and asked Jesus, saying, 
Answerest thou nothing ? 
what is it which these wit- 
ness against thee ? 

But Jesus held His peace 
and answered nothing. 
Again the high priest an- 
swered and said unto Him, 
I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us 
whether thou be the Christ, 
the Son of God. 

And Jesus said, I am : 
and ye shall see the Son 
of man sitting on the 
right hand of power, and 
coming in the clouds of 
heaven. 

Then the high priest rent 
his clothes, saying, He hath 
spoken blasphemy ! what 
further need have we of 
witnesses ? behold now ye 
have heard His blasphemy: 
what think ye ? And they 



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395 



all condemned Him to be 
guilty of death. 

Then did they spit in His 
face, and buffeted Him : 
and the servants did strike 
Him with the palms of their 
hands ; 

And the men that held 
Jesus mocked Him, and 
smote Him ; and when they 
had blindfolded Him, they 
struck Him on the face, 
saying, Prophesy unto us, 
thou Christ, Who is he that 
smote thee ? 

And many other things 
blasphemously spake they 
against Him. 

•fl Now Peter sat with the 
servants, to see the end, 
and warmed himself at the 
fire. 

And the damsel that kept 
the door, (one of the maids 
of the high priest,) beheld 
him as he sat by the fire, 
and earnestly looked upon 
him, and said, Art not thou 



also one of this man's dis- 
ciples ? Thou also wast with 
Jesus of Galilee. 

But he denied before them 
all, saying, Woman, I know 
Him not ; neither under- 
stand I what thou say est. 
And he went out into the 
porch ; and the cock crew. 

And after a little while 
another maid saw him, and 
began to say to them that 
stood by, This is one of 
them ; this felloiv was also 
with Jesus of Nazareth. 

They said therefore unto 
him, Art not thou also one 
of His disciples ? 

And again he denied with 
an oath, I do not know the 
man. 

And about the space of 
one hour after, another con- 
fidently affirmed, saying, Of 
a truth this fellow also was 
with Him ; for he is a Gali- 
lean. 

And they that stood by 
said again to Peter, Surely 



396 JESUS OF 

thou art one of them: 
for thou art a Galilean, 
and thy speech betrayeth 
thee. 

One of the servants of 
the high priest, being his 
kinsman whose ear Peter 
cut off, saith, Did not I see 
thee in the garden with 
Him? 

Then began he to curse 
and to swear, saying, Man, 
I know not what thou say- 
est ; I know not this 
man of whom ye speak. 
Arid immediately, while 
he yet spake, the cock 
crew. 

And the Lord turned, and 
looked upon Peter. And 
Peter remembered the 
word of the Lord, how 
He had said unto him, 
Before the cock crow 
twice, thou shalt deny me 
thrice. 

And Peter went out, and 
wept bitterly. 



NAZARETH 

CHAPTER XLH. 

CHRIST IS DEUVERED TO 
PILATE. 

AND straightway in the 
morning, as soon as 
it was day, the chief priests 
held a consultation with the 
elders of the people, and the 
scribes, and the whole coun- 
cil, and took counsel against 
Jesus to put Him to death. 
And they led Him into 
their council, saying, 

Art thou the Christ ? tell 
us. And He said unto 
them, If I tell you, ye will 
not believe : and if I also 
ask vou, ye will not answer 
me, nor let me go. 

Hereafter shall the Son 
of man sit on the right 
hand of the power of God. 

Then said they all. Art 
thou the Son of God ? And 
He said unto them, Ye say 
that I am. 

And they said, What 
need we any further wit- 




And Peter went out and wept bitterly. 




Jesus brought before Pilate. 



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399 



nesses? for we ourselves 
have heard of His own 
mouth. 

And the whole multitude 
of them arose, and when 
the}' had bound Jesus, the}' 
led Him unto the hall of 
judgment, and delivered 
Him to Pontius Pilate the 
governor. 

Then Judas, which had 
betrayed Him, when he saw 
that He was condemned, re- 
pented himself , and brought 
again the thirty pieces of 
silver to the chief priests 
and elders, saying, I have 
sinned in that I have be- 
trayed the innocent blood. 

And they said, What is 
that to us : see thou to that. 

JUDAS HAXGETH HIMSELF. 

And he cast down the 
pieces of silver in the tem- 
ple, and departed, and went 
and hanged himself. 

And the chief priests took 
the silver pieces, and said, 



It is not lawful for to put 
them into the treasury, be- 
cause it is the price of blood. 
And they took counsel, 
and bought with them the 
potter's fi e 1 d, to bury 
strangers in. Wherefore 
that field was called, The 
field of blood, unto this 
day. 

Then was fulfilled that 
w h i c h w a s spoken by 
Jeremy the prophet, say- 
ing, "And they took the 
thirty pieces of silver, the 
price of Him that was 
valued, whom they of the 
children of Israel did value; 
and gave them for the pot- 
ter's field, as the Lord ap- 
pointed me." 

And Jesus stood before 
the governor ; and it was 
early ; and the Jews them- 
selves went not into the 
judgment hall, lest they 
should be defiled ; but that 
they might eat the pass- 
over. 



4oo JESUS OF 

Pilate then went out unto 
them, and said, What accu- 
sation bring ye against this 
man? 

They answered and said 
unto him, If He were not 
a malefactor, we would not 
have delivered Him up unto 
thee. 

Then said Pilate unto 
them, Take ye Him, and 
judge Him according to 
your law. The Jews there- 
fore said unto him, It is not 
lawful for us to put any 
man to death : 

(That the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which 
He spake, signifying what 
death He should die. ) 

And they began to accuse 
Him, saying, We found 
this fellow perverting the 
nation and forbidding to 
give tribute to Caesar, say- 
ing that He Himself is 
Christ a king. 

And when He was ac- 
cused, He answered noth- 



NAZARETH 

ing . Then said Pilate unto 
Him, Answer est thou noth- 
ing ? Hearest thou not how 
many things they witness 
against thee ? 

And He answered him to 
never a word : insomuch 
that the governor marvelled 
greatly. 

Then Pilate entered into 
the judgment hall again, 
and called Jesus and said 
unto Him, Art thou the 
king of the Jews : 

Jesus answered him, Say- 
eth thou this thing of thy- 
self, or did others tell it 
thee of me ? 

Pilate answered, Am I a 
Jew ? Thine own nation 
and the chief priests have 
delivered thee unto me : 
what hast thou done ? 

Jesus auswered him, My 
kingdom is not of this 
world : if my kingdom were 
of this world, then would 
my servants fight, that I 
should not be delivered to 




"What is that to us: see thou to that.'' 



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the Jews : but now is my 
kingdom not from hence. 

Pilate therefore said unto 
Him, Art thou a king then? 
Jesus answered, Thou say- 
est that I am a king. To 
this end was I born, and 
for this cause came I into 
the world, that I should 
bear witness unto the truth. 
Every one that is of the 
truth heareth my voice. 

Pilate saith unto Him, 
What is truth ? And w r hen 
he had said this, he went 
out again, and saith unto 
the chief priests and to the 
people, I find in Him no 
fault at all. 

And they were the more 
fierce, saying, He stirreth 
up the people, teaching 
throughout all Jewry, be- 
ginning from Galilee to this 
place. 

When Pilate heard of 
Galilee, he asked whether 
the man were a Galilean. 

And as soon as he knew 



that He belonged unto 
Herod's jurisdiction, he 
sent Him to Herod, who 
himself also was at Jeru- 
salem at that time. 

And when Herod saw 
Jesus, he was exceeding 
glad : for he was desirous 
to see Him of a long season, 
because he had heard many 
things of Him ; and he 
hoped to have seen 'some 
miracle done by Him. 

Then he questioned with 
Him in man}' words ; but 
He answered him nothing. 

And the chief priests and 
scribes stood and vehem- 
ently accused Him. 

And Herod with his 
men of war set Him 
at nought, and mocked 
Him. and arrayed Him 
in a gorgeous robe, 
and sent Him again to 
Pilate. 

And the same day 
Pilate and Herod were 
made friends together ; for 



404 JESUS OF 

before, they were at enmity 
between themselves. 

When Pilate was set 
down on the judgment seat, 
his wife sent unto him, say- 
ing, Have thou nothing to 
do with that just man : for 
I have suffered many things 
this day in a dream because 
of Him. 

And Pilate, when he had 
called together the chief 
priests and the rulers and 
the people, said unto them, 

Ye have brought this 
man unto me, as one that 
perverteth the people ; and, 
behold, I, having examined 
Him before you, have found 
no fault in this man touch- 
ing those things w T hereof ye 
accuse Him: 

No, nor yet Herod ; for 
I sent you to Him ; and, 
lo, nothing worthy of death 
is done untoHim. 

I will therefore chastise 
Him and release Him. 

Now at that feast the 



NAZARETH 

governor was wont to re- 
lease unto the people a 
prisoner, whomsoever they 
desired. 

And they had then a not- 
able prisoner called Barab- 
bas, (who for a certain se- 
dition made in the city, and 
for murder committed in 
the insurrection, was cast 
into prison ; who lay bound 
with them that had made 
insurrection with him. ) 

And the multitude cry- 
ing aloud began to desire 
him to do as he had ever 
done unto them ; (for of 
necessity he must release 
one unto them at the feast). 

Therefore w h e n they 
were gathered together, Pi- 
late • said unto them, Ye 
have a custom that I should 
release unto you one at the 
passover. Whom will ye 
that I release unto you ? 

(For he knew that the 
chief priests had delivered 
Him for envy.) 



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But the chief priests and 
elders persuaded the multi- 
tude that they should ask 
that he should release Ba- 
rabbas unto them and de- 
stroy Jesus. And they 
cried out all at once, saying 
Away with this man y and 
release unto us Barabbas ! 

Pilate therefore, willing 
to release Jesus, spake again 
to them. 

Then cried they all again, 
saying, Not this man, but 
Barabbas ! Now Barabbas 
was a robber. 

And Pilate answered and 
said again unto them, What 
will ye then that I shall do 
with Jesus which is called 
Christ ? They all cried out, 
Crucify Him ! crucify Him! 

Then said Pilate unto 
them the third time, Why, 
what evil hath He done? 
And they cried out the 
more exceedingly, Crucify 
Him. 

And he said unto them, I 



have found no cause of 
death in Him : I will there- 
fore chastise Him, and let 
Him go. 

Pilate therefore took 
Jesus, and scourged Him. 

% Then the soldiers of 
the governor took Jesus 
into the common hall, called 
Pretorium ; and gathered 
unto Him the whole band. 

And they stripped Him, 
and put on Him a purple 
robe. 

And when they had 
platted a crown of thorns, 
they put it upon His head, 
and a reed in His right 
hand : and they bowed the 
knee before Him, and 
mocked Him, saying, Hail, 
King of the Jews ! 

And they spit upon Him, 
and took the reed, and 
smote Him on the head. 

And when they had blind- 
folded Him, they struck 
Him on the face, and asked 



406 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 



Him, saying, Prophesy, 
who is it that smote thee ? 

Then came Jesus forth, 
wearing the crown of 
thorns, and the purple robe. 
And Pilate saith unto them, 
Behold the man ! 

When the chief priests 
therefore and officers saw 
Him, they cried out, saying, 
Crucify Him /crucify Him i 
Pilate saith unto them, 
Take ye Him, and crucify 
Him : for I find no fault in 
Him. 

The Jews answered him, 
We have a law, and by our 
law He ought to die, be- 
cause He made Himself the 
Son of God. 

When Pilate therefore 
heard that saying, he was 
the more afraid ; and went 
again into the judgment 
hall, and saith unto Jesus, 
Whence art thou? But Jesus 
gave him no answer. 

Then said Pilate unto 
Him, Speakest thou not 



unto me ? knowest thou not 
that I have power to crucify 
thee, and have power to re- 
lease thee ? 

Jesus answered, Thou 
couldest have no power at 
all against me, except it 
were given thee from above; 
therefore he that delivered 
me unto thee hath the 
greater sin. 

And from thenceforth 
Pilate sought to release 
Him : but the Jews cried 
out, saying, If thou let this 
man go, thou art not 
Caesar's friend: whosoever 
maketh himself a king, 
speaketh against Caesar. 

When Pilate therefore 
heard that saying, he 
brought Jesus forth and sat 
down in the judgment seat 
in a place that is called the 
Pavement, but in the He- 
brew Gabbatha. 

And it was the prepara- 
tion of the passover, and 
about the sixth hour : and 




Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him. 




1 Hail, King- of the Jews.'' 



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he saith unto the Jews, Be- 
hold your king ! 

But they cried out, Away 
with Him / away with Him / 
crucify Him ! Pilate saith 
unto them, Shall I crucify 
your king ? 

The chief priests an- 
swered, We have no king 
but Caesar ! And they were 
instant with loud voices, re- 
quiring that He might be 
crucified. 

When Pilate saw that he 
could prevail nothing, but 
that rather a tumult was 
made, he took water and 
washed his hands before the 
multitude, saying, I am 
innocent of the blood 
of this just person : see ye 
to it. 

Then answered all the 
people and said, His blood be 
on us and on our children ! 

And the voices of them 
and of the chief priests pre- 
vailed : and Pilate, wiling 
to content the people, gave 



4n 

sentence that it should be 
as they required. 

And he released unto 
them him that for sedition 
and murder was cast into 
prison, whom they had de- 
sired ; but he delivered 
Jesus to their will. 

And after that they had 
mocked Him, they took the 
robe off from Him and put 
His own raiment on Him, 
and led Him away to cru- 
cify Him. 



CHRIST CRUCIFIED BE- 
TWEEN TWO THIEVES. 

And He, bearing His 
cross, went forth. 

And there followed Him 
a great company of people, 
and of women, which also 
bewailed and lamented 
Him. 

And Jesus turning unto 
them, said, Daughters of 
Jerusalem, weep not for me, 
but weep for yourselves and 
for your children. 



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For behold the days are 
coming, in the which they 
shall say, Blessed are the 
barren, and the wombs that 
never bare, and the paps 
that never gave suck. 

Then shall they begin to 
say to the mountains, Fall 
on us ; and to the hills, 
Cover us. 

For if they do these 
things in a green tree, what 
shall be done in the dry ? 

And there were also two 
others, malefactors, led with 
Him to be put to death. 

And when they were come 
unto a place called Calvary, 
which is called in the He- 
brew, Golgotha, that is to 
say, a place of a skull, they 
gave Him wine mingled 
with myrrh ; and when He 
had tasted thereof , He would 
not drink. 

And there they crucified 
Him, and the malefactors 
with Him, one on the right 
hand and the other on the 



NAZARETH 

left, and Jesus in the 
midst. 

And the Scripture was 
fulfilled, which saith, "And 
He was numbered with the 
trangressors. ' - 

Then said Jesus, Father, 
forgive them ; for they 
know not what they do ! 

And the soldiers, when 
they had crucified Jesus, 
took His garments, and 
made four parts, to every 
soldier a part ; and also His 
coat : now the coat was 
without seam, woven from 
the top throughout. 

They said therefore 
among themselves, Let us 
not rend it, but cast lots for 
it, whose it shall be : (that 
the Scripture might be ful- 
filled, which was spoken by 
the prophet, 

' ' They parted my gar- 
ments among them, and for 
my vesture they did cast 
lots. ' ' ) These things there- 
fore the soldiers did. 




"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and 
for your children." 




"They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they 
cast lots." 



And it was the third hour 
when they crucified Him ; 
and sitting down, they 
watched Him there. 

And Pilate wrote a title, 
and put on the cross over 
His head His accusation. 
And the writing was, THIS 
IS JESUS OF NAZA- 
RETH, THE KING OF 
THE JEWS. 

This title then read many 
of the Jews ; (for the place 
where Jesus was crucified 
was nigh to the city ; ) and 
it was written in Hebrew, 
and Greek, and Latin. 

Then said the chief 
priests of the Jews to Pilate, 
Write not, The King of the 
Jews ; but that He said I 
am King of the Jews. 

Pilate answered, What I 
have written I have written. 

And the people stood be- 
holding. And the rulers 
also with them derided 
Him, saying, He saved 
others, let Him save Him- 



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self, if He be Christ, the 
chosen of God. 

And the soldiers also 
mocked Him, coming to 
Him, and offering Him 
vinegar, and saying, If thou 
be the King of the Jews, 
save thyself ! 

And they that passed by 
reviled Him, and railed on 
Him, wagging their heads, 
and saying, Ah, thou that 
destroy est the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, 
save thyself ! If thou be the 
Son of God, come down from 
the cross ! 

Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking Him, with 
the scribes and elders, said, 
He saved others, Himself 
He cannot save ! 

Let Christ the King of 
Israel descend now from 
the cross, that we may 
see, and we will believe 
Him. 

He trusted in God ; let 
Him deliver Him now, if 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



He will have Him : for He 
said, I am the Son of God. 

And one of the thieves 
also which were crucified 
with Him, cast the same in 
His teeth, and railed on 
Him, saying, If thou be 
Christ, save thyself and 
us. 

But the other answering 
rebuked him, saying, Dost 
not thou fear God, seeing 
thou art in the same con- 
demnation ? 

And we indeed justly ; 
for we receive the due re- 
ward of our deeds : but this 
man hath done nothing 
amiss. 

And he said unto Jesus, 
Lord, remember me when 
thou comest into thy king- 
dom. 

And Jesus said unto him, 
Verily I say unto thee, to- 
day shalt thou be with me 
in paradise. 

*[[ Now there stood by the 



cross of Jesus His mother 
and His mother's sister, 
Mary the wife of Cleophas, 
and Mary Magdalene. 

When Jesus therefore 
saw His mother, and the 
disciple standing by, whom 
He loved, He saith unto 
His mother, Woman, behold 
thy son ! 

Then saith He to the 
disciple, Behold thy mother! 
And from that hour that 
disciple took her unto his 
own home. 

Now from the sixth hour 
there was darkness over all 
the land unto the ninth 
hour. 

And about the ninth hour 
Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama 
sabachthani ? that is to say, 
My God, my God, why hast 
thou forsaken me ? 

Some of them that stood 
there, when they heard that, 
said, This man calleth for 
Elias. 




Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, 
Mary the wi/ie of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene, 



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And straightway one of 
them ran, and took a 
sponge, and filled it with 
vinegar, and put it on a 
reed, and gave Him to 
drink. 

The rest said, Let be, let 
us see whether Elias will 
come to save Him. 

When Jesus therefore had 
received the vinegar, He 
said, It is finished : and 
when He had cried again 
with a loud voice, He said, 
Father, into thy hands I 
commend my spirit : and 
having said thus, He bowed 
His head, and yielded up 
the ghost. 

And, behold, the vail of 
the temple was rent in twain 
in the midst, from the top 
to the bottom , and the 
earth did quake, and the 
rocks rent, and the graves 
were opened. 

Now when the centurion, 
and they that were with 
him, watching Jesus, saw 



421 

the earthquake and those 
things that were done, they 
feared greatly, saying, 
Truly this was the Son of 
God. 

And the centurion glori- 
fied God, saying, Certainly 
this was a righteous man. 

And all the people that 
came together to that sight, 
beholding the things which 
were done, smote their 
breasts and returned. 

And all His acquaintance 
and the women that fol- 
lowed Him from Galilee, 
ministering unto Him, and 
came up with Him unto 
Jerusalem, stood afar off, 
beholding these things ; 

Among them was Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the 
mother of James the less 
and of Joses, and Salome, 
the mother of Zebedee' s chil- 
dren, and many other wo- 
men, who also, when He was 
in Galilee followed Him and 
ministered unto Him. 



422 JESUS OF NAZARETH 

The Jews therefore, be- 
cause it was the prepara- 
tion, that the bodies should 
not remain upon the cross 
on the sabbath day (for 
that Sabbath day was an 
high day,) besought Pilate 
that their legs might be 
broken, and that they 
might be taken away. 

Then came the soldiers 
and brake the legs of the 
first, and of the other which 
was crucified with Him. 

But when they came to 
Jesus and saw that He was 
dead already, they brake 
not His legs : but one of the 
soldiers with a spear pierced 
His side, and forthwith 
came there out blood and 
water. 

And he that saw it bare 
record, and his record is 
true ; for he knoweth that 
he saith true, that ye might 
believe. 

For these things were 
done, that the Scripture 



should be fulfilled, "A bone 
of Him shall not be 
broken/ ' 

And again another Scrip- 
ture saith, "They shall 
look on Him whom they 
pierced." 

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHKA. 

And behold, there was a 
rich man of Arimathea a 
city of the Jews, named Jo- 
seph, an honourable coun- 
sellor, a good and just man ; 

(The same had not con- 
sented to the counsel and 
deed of them,) who also 
himself waited for the king- 
dom of God. 

And now when the even 
was come, because it was 
the preparation, that is. the 
day before the sabbath, this 
man } being a disciple of 
Jesus, but secretly for fear 
of the Jews, came, and 
went in boldly unto Pilate, 
and craved the body of 
Jesus. 




And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, 



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425 



And Pilate marvelled if 
He were already dead : and 
calling unto him the centur- 
ion, he asked him whether 
He had been any while 
dead. 

And when he knew it of 
the centurion, he c o m- 
manded the body to be de- 
livered to Joseph. 

Joseph therefore bought 
fine linen, and took down 
the body of Jesus, and 
wrapped it in a clean linen 
cloth ; 

And there came also 
Nicodemus, (which at the 
first came t o Jesus b y 
night,) and brought a mix- 
ture of myrrh and aloes, 
about a hundred pound 
weight. 

Then took they the body 
of Jesus, and wound it in 
linen clothes with the 
spices, as the manner of the 
Jews is to bury. 

And when Joseph had 
taken the body, he laid it 



in his own new tomb, which 
he had hewn out in the 
rock : and he rolled a great 
stone to the door of the 
sepulchre and departed. 

THE FAITHFUL WOMEN. 

And the women also, 
Mary Magdalene and the 
other Mary, the mother of 
Joses, which came with Him 
from Galilee, followed after, 
and sitting over against the 
sepulchre, beheld the sepul- 
chre and how his body was 
laid. 

And that day was the 
preparation, and the sab- 
bath drew on. 

And they returned and 
prepared spices and oint- 
ments ; and rested the sab- 
bath da}' according to the 
commandment. 

*r Now the next day that 
followed the day of the 
preparation, the chief priests 
and the Pharisees came to- 



JESUS OF NAZARETH 



gether unto Pilate, saying, 
Sir, We remember that that 
deceiver said while He was 
yet alive, After three days 
I will rise again. 

Command therefore that 
the sepulchre be made sure 
until the third day, lest His 
disciples come by night and 
steal Him away, and say 
unto the people, He is risen 
from the dead : so the last 
error shall be worse than 
the first. 

Pilate said unto them, Ye 
have a watch : go your 
way, make it as sure as ye 
can. 

So they went and made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the 
stone and setting a watch. 

And when the sabbath 
was past Mary Magdalene, 
and Mary the mother of 
James, and Salome, brought 
sweet spices, that they 
might come and anoint 
Him. 

And as it began to dawn 



toward the first day of the 
week, behold there was a 
great earthquake : for the 
angel of the Lord descended 
from heaven, and came and 
rolled back the stone from 
door and sat upon it. 

His countenance was like 
lightning, and his raiment 
white as snow : and for fear 
of him the keepers did 
shake and became as dead 
men. 

And many bodies of the 
saints which slept, arose, and 
came out of the graves, and 
went into the holy city and 
appeared unto many. 

^[ And very early in the 
morning, when it was yet 
dark, came Mary Magda- 
lene and the other Mary to 
the sepulchre, bringing the 
spices which they had pre- 
pared, and certain other 
women with them. 

And they said among 
themselves, Who shall roll 




'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.' 




And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from 
the door of the sepulchre ? 



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away the stone from the 
door of the sepulchre ? 

And when they looked, 
they saw that the stone was 
rolled away : for it was 
very great. 

Then runneth Mary Mag- 
dalene and cometh to Simon 
Peter, and to the other dis- 
ciple whom Jesus loved, and 
saith unto them, They have 
taken away the Lord out of 
the sepulchre, and we know 
not where they have laid 
Him! 

But the other women en- 
tered into the sepulchre, 
and saw a young man sit- 
ting on the right side, 
clothed in a long white gar- 
ment ; and they were 
affrighted. 

And the angel answered 
and said unto the women, 
Fear not ye : for I know 
that ye seek Jesus of Naza- 
reth, which was crucified : 
He is not here : for He is 
risen as He said ! Behold 



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the place where they laid 
Him. 

And go quickly and tell 
His disciples and Peter, 
that He is risen from the 
dead ; and behold, Hegoeth 
before you into Galilee as 
He said unto you ; there 
shall ye see Him : lo, I 
have told you ! 

And they went out 
quickly and fled from the 
sepulchre : for they trem- 
bled and were amazed. 

And behold, two men 
stood by them in shining 
garments. And as they 
were afraid, and bowed 
down their faces to the 
earth, they said unto them, 
Why seek ye the living 
among the dead ? He is 
not here, but is risen ! 

Remember how He spake 
unto you when He was yet 
in Galilee, saying, The 
Son of man must be deliv- 
ered into the hands of 
sinful men, and be cru- 



432 JESUS OF 

fied, and the third day rise 
again. 

And they remembered 
His words, and departed 
quickly from the sepulchre 
with fear and great joy : 
neither said they an}^thing 
to any man, for they were 
afraid, but did run to bring 
His disciples word. 

Now when they were go- 
ing, behold, some of the 
watch came into the city 
and shewed unto the chief 
priests all the things that 
were done. 

And when they were as- 
sembled with the elders, 
and had taken counsel, they 
gave large money unto the 
soldiers, saying, Say ye, 
His disciples came by night, 
and stole Him away while 
we slept. 

And if this come to the 
governor's ears, we will 
persuade him, and secure 
you. 

So they took the money, 



NAZARETH 

and did as they were 
taught : and this saying is 
commonly reported among 
the Jews until this day. 

Now when Mary Mag- 
dalene came to Simon Peter, 
and to the other disciple, 
whom Jesus loved, and 
saith unto them, They have 
taken away the Lord out 
of the sepulchre, and we 
know not where they have 
laid Him, then arose Peter, 
and went forth, and that 
other disciple, and came to 
the sepulchre. 

So they ran both together: 
and the other disciple did 
outrun Peter, and came 
first to the sepulchre. 

And he stooping down, 
and looking in, saw the linen 
clothes lying ; yet went he 
not in. 

Then cometh Simon Peter 
following him, and went 
into the sepulchre, and 
seeth the linen clothes laid 
by themselves ; 




Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, 
Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 



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And the napkin that was 
about His head, not lying 
with the linen clothes, but 
wrapped together in a place 
by itself. 

Then went in also that 
other disciple, which came 
first to the sepulchre, and 
he saw, and believed. 

For as yet they knew 
not the Scripture, that He 
must rise again from the 
dead. 

Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own 
home, wondering at that 
w T hich was come to pass. 

But Mary stood without 
at the sepulchre weeping : 
and as she wept, she stooped 
down and looked into the 
sepulchre, and seeth two 
angels in white sitting, the 
one at the head, and the 
other at the feet, where the 
body of Jesus had lain. 

And they say unto her, 
Woman, why weepest thou? 



435 

cause they have taken away 
my Lord, and I know not 
where they have laid 
Him. 

And when she had thus 
said, she turn herself back 
and saw T Jesus standing, 
and knew not that it was 
Jesus. 

Jesus saith unto her, 
Woman, why weepest thou ? 
whom seekest thou? She, 
supposing Him to be the 
gardener, saith unto Him, 
Sir, if thou hast borne Him 
hence, tell me where thou 
hast laid Him, and I will 
take Him away. 

Jesus saith unto her, 
Mary. She turned herself, 
and saith unto Him, Rab- 
boni ! which is to say, Mas- 
ter ! 

Jesus saith unto her, 
Touch me not ; for I am 
not yet ascended to my 
Father : but go to my breth- 
ren and say unto them, I as- 



She saith unto them, Be- cend unto my Father and 



436 JESUS OF 

your Father, and to my 
God and your God. 

Mary Magdalene came 
and told the disciples that 
she had seen the Lord, and 
that He had spoken these 
things unto her. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

NOW when Jesus was 
risen early on the first 
day of the week, He appeared 
first to Mary Magdalene, 
out of whom He had cast 
seven devils. 

And she went and told 
them that had been with 
Him, as they mourned and 
wept. 

And they, when they had 
heard that He was alive, 
and had been seen of her, 
believed not. 

And as Joanna, and Mary 
the mother of James, and 
the other women that were 
with them, went to tell 
His disciples, behold, Je- 



NAZARETH 

sus met them, saying, All 
hail ! 

And they came and held 
Him by the feet and wor- 
shipped Him. 

Then said Jesus unto 
them, Be not afraid : go 
tell my brethren that they 
go into Galilee, and there 
they shall see me. 

And they went and told all 
these things unto the eleven 
and to all the rest ; and 
their words seemed to them 
as idle tales, and they be- 
lieved them not. 

After that He appeared 
in another form unto two of 
them, that same day, as they 
walked into the country 
to a village called Emmaus, 
which was from Jerusalem 
about threescore furlongs. 

And they talked together 
of all these things which 
had happened. 

And it came to pass that 
while they communed to- 
gether and reasoned, Jesus 



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Himself drew near and 
went with them. But their 
eyes were holden that they 
should not know Him. 

And He said unto them, 
What manner of communi- 
cations are these that ye 
have one to another, as ye 
walk and are sad ? 

And the one of them, 
whose name w r as Cleopas, 
answering said unto Him, 
Art thou only a stranger in 
Jerusalem, and hast not 
known the things which are 
come to pass there in these 
days ? 

And He said unto them, 
What things? And they 
said unto Him, Concerning 
Jesus of Nazareth, which 
was a prophet mighty in 
deed and word before God 
and all the people : 

And how the chief priests 
and our rulers delivered 
Him to be condemned to 
death, and have crucified 
Him. 



437 

But we trusted that it 
had been He which should 
have redeemed Israel : and 
beside all this, to-day is the 
third day since these things 
were done. 

Yea, and certain women 
also of our company made 
us astonished, which were 
early at the sepulchre ; 

And when they found not 
His body, they came, say- 
ing, that they had also seen 
a vision of angels, which 
vSaid that He was alive. 

And certain of them 
which were with us, went 
to the sepulchre, and found 
it even so as the women had 
said : but Him they saw 
not. 

Then He said unto them, 
O fools, and slow of heart 
to believe all that the pro- 
phets have spoken ! 

Ought not Christ to have 
suffered these things, and 
to enter into His glory ? 

And beginning at Moses 



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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



and all the prophets, He ex- 
pounded unto them in all 
the Scriptures, the things 
concerning Himself. 

And they drew nigh unto 
the village whither they 
went,and He made as though 
He would have gone fur- 
ther : but they constrained 
Him, saying, Abide with 
ns : for it is toward evening 
and the day is far spent. 

And He went in to tarry 
with them. 

And it came to pass as 
He sat at meat with them, 
He took bread and blessed 
it, and brake and gave to 
them. 

And their eyes were 
opened and they knew 
Him ; and He vanished out 
of their sight. 

And they said one to 
another, Did not our heart 
burn within us while He 
talked with us by the way, 
and while He opened to us 
the Scriptures ? 



And they rose the same 
hour and returned to Jeru- 
salem the same day at even- 
ing (being the first day of 
the week,) and found the 
eleven gathered together at 
meat, and them that were 
with them, saying, The 
IyOrd has risen indeed, and 
hath appeared to Simon. 

And they told what 
things were done in the 
way, and how He was 
known of them in breaking 
of bread. 

And as they spake these 
things, and when the doors 
were shut where the dis- 
ciples were assembled for 
fear of the Jews, Jesus Him- 
self stood in the midst of 
them, and saith unto them, 
Peace be unto you. 

But they were terrified 
and affrighted, and sup- 
posed that they had seen a 
spirit. 

And He said unto 
them, Why are ye troubled? 




And their eyes were opened, and they knew Him; and He vanished out 
of their si^ht. 




41 Behold my hands and my feet that it is I myself: handle me and see.' 



and why do thoughts arise 
in your hearts ? 

Behold my hands and 
my feet, that it is I myself : 
handle me and see ; for a 
spirit hath not flesh and 
bones, as ye see me have. 

And when He had thus 
spoken, He shewed them 
His hands and feet, and His 
side. Then were the dis- 
ciples glad, when they saw 
the Lord. 

And while they yet be- 
lieved not for joy, and won- 
dered, He said unto them, 
Have ye here any meat ? 

And they gave Him a 
piece of a broiled fish, and 
of an honeycomb : and He 
took iV, and did eat before 
them. 

And He upbraided them 
with their unbelief and 
hardness of heart, because 
they believed not them 
which had seen Him after 
He was risen. 

And He said unto them, 



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These are the words whicl. 
I spake unto you, while I 
was yet with you, that aU 
things must be fulfilled, 
which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the 
prophets, and in the psalms, 
concerning me. 

Then opened He their 
understanding, that they 
might understand the Scrip- 
tures. 

And said unto them, 
Thus it is written, and thus 
it behooved Christ to suffer, 
and to rise from the dead 
the third day : 

And that repentance and 
remission of sins should be 
preached in His n a m e 
among all nations, begin- 
ning at Jerusalem. 

And ye are witnesses of 
these things. 

And He said unto them, 
Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to 
every creature. 

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JESUS OF NAZARETH 



baptized shall be saved ; 
but he that believeth not, 
shall be damned. 

And these signs shall 
follow them that believe ; 
In my name shall they cast 
out devils ; they shall speak 
with new tongues ; they 
shall take up serpents ; and 
if they drink any deadly 
thing, it shall not hurt 
them ; they shall lay hands 
on the sick, and they shall 
recover. 

Then said Jesus to 
them again, Peace be unto 
you : as my Father hath 
sent me, even so send I 
you. 

And when He had said 
this, He breathed on them, 
and saith unto them, Re- 
ceive ye the Holy Ghost. 
Whosoever sins ye remit 
they are remitted unto them ; 
and whosoever sins ye retain 
they are retained. 

But Thomas, one of the 
twelve, called Didymus, was 



not with them when Jesus 
came. 

The other disciples there- 
fore said unto him, We 
have seen the Lord ! But 
he said unto them, Except 
I shall see in His hands the 
print of the nails, and put 
my finger into the print of 
the nails, and thrust my 
hand into His side, I will 
not believe. 

And after eight days, 
again His disciples were 
within, and Thomas with 
them : then came Jesus, the 
doors, being shut, and stood 
in the midst and said, Peace 
be unto you. 

Then saith He to Thomas, 
Reach hither thy finger, 
and behold my hands ; and 
reach hither thy hand, and 
thrust it into my side ; and 
be not faithless but believ- 
ing. 

And Thomas answered 
and said unto Him, My 
Lord and my God. 



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Jesus saith unto him, 
Thomas, because thou hast 
s^en me, thou hast believed: 
blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have be- 
lieved. 

CHAPTER XUV. 

AFTER these things 
Jesus shewed Him- 
self again to the disciples at 
the sea of Tiberias ; and on 
this wise shewed he him- 
self. 

There were together 
Simon Peter, and Thomas 
called Didymus, and Na- 
thanael of Cana in Galilee, 
and the sons of Zebedee, 
and two other of His dis- 
ciples. 

Simon Peter saith unto 
them, I go a fishing. They 
say unto him. We also go 
with thee. They went forth, 
and entered into a ship 
immediately; and that 
night they caught nothing. 



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But 



445 



when the morning 
was now come, Jesus stood 
on the shore ; but the dis- 
ciples knew not that it was 
Jesus. 

Then Jesus saith unto 
them, Children, have ye 
any meat ? They answered 
him, No. 

And He said unto them, 
Cast the net on the right 
side of the ship, and ye 
shall find. They cast there- 
fore, and now they were 
not able to draw 7 it for the 
multitude of fishes. 

Therefore that disciple 
w T hom Jesus loved saith unto 
Peter, It is the Lord Now 
when Simon Peter heard 
that it was the Lord, he 
girt his fisher's coat unto 
htm, (for he was naked,) 
and did cast himself into 
the sea. 

And the other disciples 
came in a little ship, (for 
they were not far from 
land, but as it were two 



446 JESUS OF 

hundred cubits,) dragging 
the net with fishes. 

As soon then as they 
were come to land, they 
saw a fire of coals there, 
and fish laid thereon, and 
bread. 

Jesus s a i t h unto 
them, Bring of the fish 
which ye have now 
caught. 

Simon Peter went up, 
and drew the net to land 
full of great fishes, a hun- 
dred and fifty and three : 
and for all there were so 
many, yet was not the net 
broken. 

Jesus saith unto them, 
Come and dine. And none 
of the disciples durst ask 
Him, Who art thou ? know- 
ing that it was the Lord. 

Jesus then cometh, and 
taketh bread, and giveth 
them, and fish likewise. 

This is now the third 
time that Jesus shewed 
Himself to his disciples 



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after that He was risen from 
the dead. 

T| So when they had 
dined, Jesus saith to 
Simon Peter, Simon, son 
of Jonas, lovest thou me 
more than these ? He saith 
unto Him, Yea, Lord ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. 
He saith unto him, Feed 
my lambs. 

He saith to him again the 
second time, Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me ? He 
saith unto Him, Yea, Lord ; 
thou knowest that I love 
thee. He saith unto Him, 
Feed my sheep. 

He saith unto him the 
third time, Simon, son of 
Jonas, lovest thou me ? 
Peter was grieved because 
he said unto him the third 
time, Lovest thou me ? And 
he said unto Him, Lord 
thou knowest all things ; 
thou knowest that I love 
thee. Jesus saith 




And he said unto Him, Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest 
that I love Thee. 



unto him, Feed 
sheep. 

Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, When thou wast 
young, thou girdest thy- 
self and walkedst whither 
thou wouldest : but when 
thou shalt be old, thou shalt 
stretch forth thy hands, and 
another shall gird thee, and 
carry thet whither thou 
wouldest not. 

This spake He, signifying 
by what death He should 
glorify God. And when 
He had spoken this, He 
saith unto him, Follow me. 

Then Peter, turning 
about, seeth the disciple 
whom Jesus loved follow- 
ing ; which also leaned on 
His breast at supper, and 
said, Lord, which is he that 
betrayeth thee? 

Peter seeing him saith to 
Jesus, Lord, and what shall 
this man do ? 

Jesus saith unto him, If I 
will that he tarry till I 



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my 



449 



come, what is thai to thee ? 
follow thou me. 

Then went this saying 
abroad among the brethren, 
that that disciple should not 
die : yet Jesus said not unto 
him, He shall not die ; but, 
If I will that he tarry till I 
come, what is that to thee? 

This is the disciple which 
testifieth of these things, 
and wrote these things : 
and we know that his testi- 
mony is true. 

% Then the eleven dis- 
ciples went away into 
Galilee, into a mountain 
where Jesus had appointed 
them. 

(After that, He was seen 
of above five hundred 
brethren at once. ) 

And when they saw Him, 
they worshipped Him : but 
some doubted. 

And Jesus came and 
spake unto them, saying, 
All power is given unto me 



450 JESUS OF NAZARETH 

in heaven and in earth 



Go ye therefore, and 
teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost ; 

Teaching them to ob- 
serve all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : 
and, lo, I am with you al- 
ways, even unto the end of 
the world. 

After that, He was seen 
of James ; then of all the 
apostles ; to whom also He 
shewed Himself alive after 
His passion by many in- 
fallible proofs, being seen 
^of them forty days, and 
speaking of the things per- 
taining to the kingdom of 
God: 

And, being assembled 
together with them, com- 
manded them that they 
should not depart from 
Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, | 



which, saith He, ye have 
heard of me. 

For John truly baptized 
with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy 
Ghost not many days 
hence. 

When they therefore were 
come together they asked 
of Him, saying, L,ord, wilt 
thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to 
Israel ? 

And He said unto them, 
It is not for you to know 
the times or the seasons, 
which the Father hath put 
in His own power. 

But ye shall receive 
power, after that the Holy 
Ghost is come upon you : 
and ye shall be witnesses 
unto me both in Jerusalem 
and in all Judea, and in 
Samaria, and unto the ut- 
termost part of the earth. 

And behold, I send the 
promise of my Father upon 
you : but tarry ye in the 




And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, 
and carried up into heaven. 



PASSETH BY. 



453 



city of Jerusalem, until ye 
be endued with power from 
on high. 

11 And He led them out 
as far as to Bethany, and 
He lifted up His hands and 
blessed them. 

And while He blessed 
them, He was parted from 
them, and while they be- 
held, He was taken up into 
heaven, and a cloud re_ 
ceived Him out of their 
sight. 

And while they looked 
steadfastly toward heaven 
as He went up, behold, two 
men stood by them in white 
apparel ; 

Which also said, Ye men 
of Galilee, why stand ye 
gazing up into heaven ? this 
same Jesus, which is taken 
up from you into heaven, 
shall so come in like manner 



as ye have seen Him go into 
heaven. 

And they worshiped Him 
and returned to Jerusalem 
with great joy ; 

And were continually in 
the temple, praising and 
blessing God. 

• And many other signs 
truly did Jesus in the pre- 
sence of His disciples, 
which are not written in 
this book ; 

But these are written, 
that ye might believe that 
Jesus is the Christ, the Son 
of God ; and that believing, 
ye might have life through 
His name. 

And they went forth, and 
preached every where, the 
Lord working with 
them, and confirming 
the word with signs fol- 
lowing. 



454 JESUS OF NAZARETH 

The appearances of the Lord Jesus, after His 
ascension, as recorded by Luke in the VII and 
IX chapters of the "Acts of the Apostles." 



TO STEPHEN. 

But he, being full of the 
Holy Ghost, looked up 
steadfastly into heaven, and 
saw the glory of God, and 
Jesus standing on the right 
hand of God. 

And said, Behold, I see 
the heavens opened, and the 
Son of man standing on the 
right hand of God. 

And they stoned Stephen, 
calling upon God, and say- 
ing, Lord Jesus receive my 
spirit. 

And he kneeled down and 
cried with a loud voice, 
Lord, lay not this sin to 
their charge. And when he 



had said this, he fell asleep. 
And Saul was consenting 
unto his death. 

TO SAUL. 

And as he journeyed, 
he came near Damascus : 
and suddenly there shined 
round about him a light 
from heaven : 

And he fell to the 
earth, and heard a voice 
saying * unto him, Saul, 
Saul, why persecutest thou 
me ? 

And he said, Who art 
thou Lord? And the 
Lord said, I am Jesus 
whom thou persecutest. 




Behold, 1 see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the 
right hand of God." 




' And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.' 




'Jesus Christ is passing by.'' 






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